Steel-Eating Player - Chapter 158

Episode 158 [Slum, Spirit King’s Daughter – 1]

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Lee Hyun-wook, who was walking the streets of Yggdrasil, felt somewhat I received shocking information.

– …Completed securing the Spirit King’s daughter.

It was some players with the dark elves who were talking like that.

They were probably villains’ liaisons helping the Dark Elves infiltrate.

‘But what do you mean, you secured the Spirit King’s daughter?’

To put it simply, it could be interpreted as kidnapping the spirit king’s daughter.

That means it seems like they know the existence of the Spirit King and are trying to use it…

‘…Could it be their intention to make the Spirit King go berserk?’

He was not a spirit king who would stay quiet if humans kidnapped his daughter and threatened him.

An operation was underway to use that to shake up Yggdrasil from the inside out.

‘I thought there was no way they would just recklessly advance, but I never thought they would start a scheme like this…’ The

Dark Elf Legion Titanomachia Spirit King’s runaway….

If those triple hardships overlap, even Lee Hyun-wook has no way of doing anything. There wasn’t.

It was really fortunate that I had noticed the plot in advance, but I couldn’t make a hasty move.

‘The first priority is to find out where the Spirit King’s daughter is being held…’ As long as

there was a hostage in the other party’s hands, there was a need to be cautious.

If he made a mistake, the hostage, the daughter of the Spirit King, could have been put in danger.

Hyunwook Lee began to follow the dark elves very carefully.

And after a while…

– We have an owl problem here. I… they say there is a witness.

– what? What are you talking about?

– When securing the Spirit King’s daughter, a woman who appeared to be a roommate was seen in the operation.

– Shit… so what happened?

– We missed it, so the second team is currently tracking it urgently. We will find it and remove it soon.

This sword dug into the conspiracy and found a crack.

***

Yggdrasil, the largest city in the Republic of Chad, is currently the richest city in the world.

“B-but why am I so poor?”

Jack Hamilton, a level 16 wizard who lives there, complained while drinking beer.

Just as there are always ‘slums’ in developed cities, slums also existed here in Yggdrasil.

As the status of this brilliant city grew, low-level player workers flocked to it from all over the world. They began to live together in areas called ‘outside the blessing area’, areas that were far from the World Tree and had low mana concentration and had no significant merits, forming a slum called ‘Rutlet Town’. Jack, who had just turned 20, was also a resident of Rutlett Town and a worker at a mana potion factory.

“At first, I was full of dreams and hopes… Bro, I don’t have to live like this for the rest of my life, right?”

He complained, and Max Robert, the man who was drinking beer with him, clicked his tongue.

“Hey, stop whining and just work hard. And if I get fired this time, I don’t know then.”

“Don’t worry about that, brother. It’s a job that my brother introduced me to, and I’m willing to die for it.”

“Yes, please… And if you make some money and get some equipment, I’ll give it to our guild—” “

—Oh! Really? There’s no need to say anything later! Nice, I’m going to live really hard now too!”

It’s been three years since he woke up as a player and ran away after living with his aunt’s house and being persecuted. Although he didn’t have any special talents, he had a dream of one day joining a decent guild and hunting monsters. Bang! Bang! “…Huh? What do you

mean

? ”

It was a knock on the front door.

“Jack, is there anyone visiting at this hour?”

“Uh…there’s no one else besides you?”

“Who are you at this late hour? “You didn’t find a girl, did you?”

“I wish I could do that too, but no.”

Bang! Bang!

But the sound was too harsh. And there were no visitors coming at this time.

“Jack? “I don’t know what kind of woman she is, but… she seems very angry?”

He put on the coat he had left on the floor and walked to the door.

Meanwhile, I instinctively filled my right hand with mana.

Like any other slum, the security here wasn’t that good…

But…

“—Jack! Jack! It’s me!”

It was a familiar voice, and an urgent voice.

Clap— Jack hurriedly opened the door.

A girl with a tearful face was standing outside the door.

“…Hannah, what’s going on?”

Hannah Tate She was a close friend of Jack’s age that he made in Rutlett Town.

“Jae Jack…”

But she was sobbing sadly and looking around, wondering what was going on.

“Now, come on in.”

Jack felt an unusual energy, let her into the room, and started looking around.

A low-rise apartment complex built with cheap concrete without a single streetlight… A pale darkness obscured by the lights of Yggdrasil in the distance… The night streets of Rutlet Town were bleak and eerie.

‘Who is there?’

It was obvious that all kinds of crimes occurred in that ant-like alley.

It seemed like something had happened to Hanna… but there was nothing immediately visible.

“Oh, you’re Hannah? Hey, what are you doing out here at night? Are you…”

Maes, who was looking at the two with suspicious eyes, looked at Hannah’s face and realized the seriousness of the problem.

“…uh? What’s wrong with your face? “What’s going on?”

She collapsed on the floor and let out a sob and gasp. It seemed like he was rushing.

“Jack… my Jane…”

If it was Jane, it was the name of the woman who had met at the potion factory some time ago and came to live with Hannah.

It was very suspicious that she was still hiding where she came from, but she was a beautiful girl with greenish hair and eyes that shined like jewels, giving her a mysteriousness that made her seem not to be human.

“Huh? What happened to her?”

“Jane… I was kidnapped…”

“—What? “What did you say just now?”

A crack appeared on Jack’s face, who was secretly in love with her.

“Hey Hannah, calm down and say it again. What happened to Jane?”

Max held out lukewarm water, and after drinking it, Hannah opened her mouth again.

“While I was at the grocery store for a moment… men came rushing in…”

“What? Who would do that to Jane? “Has anyone been visiting you all this time?”

“I don’t know. But… those men saw me and came after me.”

She started sniffling again as she said that.

“Jack… isn’t this the situation Nicole was joking about?”

A new name appeared again.

Nicole… She was, of course, the same age that worked at the potion factory.

But it was only 3. After showing up for work, he was fired for absenteeism without notice.

Jack remembered him as a somewhat strange and peculiar guy.

Anyway, we talked quite a bit over those few days…

“…Are you talking about prophecy?”

She said she could see the future.

“Yeah, she said something would happen to Jane and a stranger would save her—”

Then Max covered Hannah’s mouth with his palm.

“—Shh, be quiet.”

Because he was a shooter type player, his senses were more sensitive than others. There was

a

really heavy sound coming from outside the door. This building, built entirely of cheap concrete, had no soundproofing whatsoever, so the sound of lawless footsteps flowed through the walls and got on my nerves.

Buk- Buk-

Max could also catch a glimpse of the conversation outside…

“…Damn, they’re going to break the door and come in.”

Max whispered and Jack and Hannah’s pupils fluttered.

“Hyung, I can use teleportation magic!”

At most, he could move 30m away, but it was the only way to escape this room.

However, Jack’s level is only 16, so it takes quite a while to cast the teleportation spell. Max knew that, so he decided that he had to buy time. I approached the front door.

“Hyung? What are you doing? It’s dangerous!”

“—Shut your mouth and cast that quickly!”

Max gestured not to come closer, then picked up his weapon, a crossbow, which had been placed on the wall.

Clang!

The moment he raised the crossbow,

BANG!

The thin iron door shattered with a loud bang, and a large figure in a black suit burst in. .

“Who are you?”

Pick!

Max reflexively fired a bolt, but the big man raised his forearm and easily knocked it away.

“Damn it—try blocking this too!”

Max shouted like that and cast a spell on the crossbow, and intangible magic arrows came out.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

But….

That, that,

that magic arrow hit the translucent mana shield surrounding the giant’s body. The moment I touched it, everything evaporated.

“Is that all?”

He reached out and knocked Max’s crossbow away, then grabbed Max’s neck with his other hand.

“Tongue brother! No!”

“Hurry, run away—.”

Ugh—

his neck turned to a right angle.

“no!”

At that moment, the teleportation magic that Jack had cast was completed, and the magic circle on the floor began to rotate.

Ugh——

At the same time, the vision became blurry, and soon the two were standing on the road behind the apartment.

“Damn it, bro….”

Max Robert, the neighborhood older brother who took special care of him…

But there was no time to feel anger or sadness.

“Come on, let’s go!”

Since it only moved a distance of 20 meters, those unidentified assailants would soon pursue it.

“Those bastards used short-distance teleportation!”

“Damn it, quickly spread out and find it!”

Since this was a place where security was not fully maintained, some small and medium-sized guilds were claiming to be vigilantes.

However, even after living in Rutlet Town for a few months, I could see that even those people could not be trusted.

If you went to the vigilante group for no reason, there was a high possibility that you would be handed over to those gangsters.

“Huh— wow— ooh what do we do now?”

“Let’s go to Uncle Hans’ store first!”

The most trustworthy man in this area was definitely Hans Couture.

He was once a competent combat player, but as he got older, he quit guild life and settled in Rutlet Town. The rumor was that the reason was to help the less fortunate.

His personality was so widely known in this area that there was no one who did not receive his help.

“Brother Max suffered like that, but Uncle Hans is a level 46 warrior player…”

In other words, no matter how gangsters or vigilantes he was, he could not be easily touched.

The two ran towards Hans’ general store without any hesitation.

Soon, at the end of the gray alley, a lone store waiting for light appeared.

“Gasp—gasp—we’re almost there, cheer up!”

In Rutlet Town, Hans was the only one who had the guts to stay open at this late hour.

Clink—

They kicked in the door almost like they were body-slamming and felt the cool air.

“Oh man—!”

A large middle-aged man who was counting cash at the counter with a cigar in his mouth stood up.

“…Jack who did this?”

He immediately realized that these two young men and women were being threatened by someone.

“I don’t know. He broke down the door of my house and came in and killed Max.”

Hans’ eyebrows twitched at those words. Even though Rutlet Town is a very unsafe neighborhood, they would break down the door of a house and kill someone… I could tell that this was not normal.

“Take Jack Hanna and hide in the warehouse back there.”

“…If those bastards come, I will help them too.”

“Jack is a kid. “You’re still no help.”

He said that and placed a golf bag on the counter.

What he pulled out from there was none other than a two-handed sword.

Win –

He pulled out the sword slightly, then put it back and placed it at his feet.

“Hurry up and go to the warehouse. Do you think you outsmarted them?”

“Oh, no, that’s not true… Uncle Hans, I’m sorry.”

I ran here to survive, but it was a huge inconvenience to Hans.

“If you’re sorry, get a job at a strategy guild quickly and come out for volunteer work on the weekends.”

He grinned as he said that, and Jack smiled involuntarily.

As expected, Hans makes people feel at ease just by being with him.

‘Yes, he will protect us.’

Jack and Hannah went into the warehouse, and there was a small window on the door.

Through it, they could see a limited view of the inside of the store.

Jingk-

After a moment, a chime rang and the sound of lawless footsteps rushed in.

Bump- Bump-

Hanna. I asked in a very low voice who had come in. But I couldn’t see the entrance and the counter because of the product stalls.

“I can’t see…”

Still, if I put my ear to the door, I could hear the conversation to some extent.

“I’m sorry, but I’m not doing business today . “It was over and we were just about to close—”

“No, we didn’t come to buy anything, we are a local vigilante group.”

“…These aren’t faces I recognize. Are you really a vigilante?”

Hans asked aggressively, and seemed to be speechless from the other side.

“…A young man and a woman must have passed this way. Didn’t you see them?”

It wasn’t a polite question; it was filled with outright hostility.

“Well, I didn’t see it.”

Hans’s reply was met with a tired cynicism.

“Ah, you’re being damned….”

“…….”

“I saw everyone coming in here.”

bang!

At that moment, the sound of something crashing was heard.

“Pfft—how dare you tell me—where is this place—!”

I could tell that Hans was yelling and pulling out his sword.

bang! bang!

The ensuing crash sounded like a physical fight had occurred.

No, it was a duel.

A life-threatening match between players of considerable skill level…

The match ended sooner than expected.

“…I guess you used some strength in your old days?”

After that, I heard a chuckle.

I didn’t want to believe it, but even Hans had suffered.

They started coming this way

.

And this warehouse had no back door.

‘Damn it, the teleportation spell is on cooldown, what should I do now?’

He raised both hands, suppressing his pounding heart and bursting breath.

Fireball: A very basic attack magic that all wizards can use… All

he could do was blow it the moment this door opened.

‘No, there’s no way it will ever work… It’s crazy.’

Didn’t even Hans, who was level 46, get defeated in an instant?

‘But what can I do when I’m only level 16?’

None of his neighbors would be able to prevent this.

Jangle—

then. The sound of approaching footsteps stopped at another chime.

“…huh? “What are you?”

It was one of the gangsters who asked that question. Maybe someone came in.

“Well, who would come to the general store?”

The owner of the voice then said ‘customer’ and calmly entered the store.

“Hey, can’t you see what’s going on?”

“Well, things like that are common in this neighborhood, right?”

“Ha… He’s a pretty interesting guy, isn’t he?”

After that conversation, the customer stood in front of the Mana tool counter near the warehouse and began to select items. Jack carefully got up and checked his appearance through the small window.

Black hat, black mask, black backpack, black walker… At first glance, he was dressed like a traveler.

“Hey, I’m sorry, but business is over.”

A stranger came up behind him and said,

“Are you the owner? Or is the person who fell over there the owner?”

The customer asked without looking back.

“Well… I’m the owner now, so why not leave?”

“Good. I’m only going to buy this, so can you pay for it?”

What he held out was a small screwdriver.

At those words, the bald-headed monster chuckled.

Then he waved his hand wildly.

widely!

The small screwdriver the customer was holding was knocked away.

“Huh? What are you asking me to calculate? There’s nothing, right?”

A sly laugh erupted from behind me at the sly voice.

Such a childish attitude… I don’t know who it was, but it was clear that it was a low-quality criminal organization.

“Or you could even be charged with your life—”

At that moment—

Whoosh— Whoosh—

Stranger . A screwdriver flew into the back of his neck and got stuck.

“Ugh—”

A hoarse sound escaped his mouth, and the customer calmly pulled out the screwdriver.

“Um, you’re staying right here, right?”

Phung— With a sound, blood spurted from the carotid artery like a fountain, and his body tilted to the left.

“I think you’re an employee there. Could you pay for me?”

At that moment, a heavy silence filled the store, and Jack instinctively held his head.

“Kill that bastard right now—!”

Kwa—ang——!

Along with the explosion, a huge fireball swept through the store.

With that blow, the entire stall collapsed and all kinds of items fell apart.

Immediately afterwards, a large man in a suit rushed towards the man like a rhino.

“You—bastard—how dare you—!”

He was the one who killed Max and defeated Hans.

‘This is a big deal!’

If he couldn’t blow away Hans in one go, he would have been level 60 or higher.

‘You got another person involved for no reason…’

But—

wow—b———!

The moment when the two fisted giants and the customer’s fists collide exactly—

“Kak—!”

The one who screamed was from the big guy.

bang!

Even the lower right wrist of the huge man was completely cut off and he flew off and hit the wall…

Bang—!

There was a big hole in the wall, as if a bowling ball had hit it.

‘What happened?’

Before we knew it, a claw weapon that could be called a ‘nail’ had sprouted from the customer’s right hand.

“Kwaaaa—my my hand—!”

At that moment, the customer’s right hand hit the large man’s chin, and blood poured out of his mouth.

“This is a complete mess of service.”

Then Jack saw.

“I tend to complain a bit harshly…”

Two arrows sprouted from the customer’s waist…

‘Uh… I think I’ve seen those somewhere before?’

It was a scene that I had clearly witnessed somewhere and was strongly imprinted in my mind.