Steel-Eating Player - Chapter 185
Episode 185 [Second Clash – 3]
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‘The last enemy I will face… has a high probability of being a necromancer. will be.’
Ever since Lee Hyun-wook returned, he had been devising a way to defeat that guy, assuming that was his ultimate goal.
Thus, he prevented the assassination of the necromancer’s natural enemy, the saint, and with her help, he won his first encounter with the bastard on Ganghwa Island.
‘But the second meeting will be different…’
Since they had already felt the power of the saint’s divine power once, the villain side would have used all means and methods to develop their ultimate weapon, the necromancer.
In other words, it was not possible to rely solely on Emilia Müller’s divine power as before.
However, it was true that she was still the irreplaceable ‘answer’.
Because without her, there would be little way to weaken the Necromancer’s power of death.
‘Therefore, the correct answer is to maximize her divine power rather than devise other methods. Using everything available to me…’
Before Lee Hyun-wook went to the Dark Elf Kingdom, Emilia Muller and Donald Harris were sent to Yggdrasil to prepare a ‘Necromancer Welcome Party’.
That is….
‘…by borrowing the power of Yggdrasil, the saint changes all the water in Lake Chad into holy water and then opens a wight hall inside Lake Chad.’
In other words, the water from that huge lake, imbued with divine power, is poured onto the battlefield.
‘Everything.’
Then, as promised by the Water Spirit King, he uses the ultimate skill called ‘Great Flood’ to turn the lake water into waves and whirlpools.
Moreover, because this place was inside the ‘Giant’s living quarters’, the undead army would not escape, but would wander in the sacred flood and disappear.
That was the turning blow given by Lee Hyun-wook to the necromancer who would emerge in a more powerful state.
Shootaaa——
Now, inside the Wight Hall, the Water Spirit King Emilia Mueller Donald Harris came down in an air bubble and lined up in the air.
They all expressed different powers with their arms stretched toward the ground.
Woowoowoo——
So hundreds of thousands of tons of holy water twisted in the air, creating dozens of water whirlwinds.
Qua—and—and—and—and——!
It crashed down, shattering the entire undead army and causing a dent in the floor.
In just a few tens of seconds, the entire area was submerged in water, and the water spun counterclockwise, forming a huge whirlpool that chewed up everything it swallowed.
‘I won’t be able to endure that much.’
Although it was hard to see, the undead submerged in the great flood would have their flesh decomposing and their bones decomposing, like a piece of meat in hydrochloric acid.
‘Of course, you shouldn’t think that this is the end.’
Because the amount of holy water was so large, the saint’s sacred power was bound to be diluted, and the necromancer’s power of death was also overwhelmingly strong.
So, while submerged in the holy water, the undead would still be holding on, repeating decomposition and regeneration.
‘But you can stop him if you don’t let him escape.’
No matter how easily a fire is extinguished, if it is submerged in deep water, it is as if the flame cannot spread.
‘…and the fire will go out one day.’
But then, one by one, the hands of the zombie titans started popping out of the water.
Although there was nothing to hold on to, they struggled and rose to the surface, and the undead legions began to rise above the water, holding on to their bodies.
‘As expected… the power of those giants is so great that they can even defy the power of Mother Nature.’
But there was no way I wasn’t prepared for that.
Rumbling…
Lightning suddenly poured down from the dark clouds that covered the sky, pushing the zombie titans back into the water.
T-that-that-that-!
Park Jun-mo, the lamp door of Pridwen in the air, was holding Mjolnir and directing lightning.
Following his hand gestures, the electric current that seeped into the water flashed and drew pictures of strange shapes.
In the current, which was difficult to escape from, the current swirled around, electrocuting the zombie titans and making them stiffen.
And Kim Se-hee also created waves through the wind and swept away those who came up to the surface of the water.
‘I’m going too.’
Lee Hyun-wook sculpted a huge metal weapon and gave it level 3 sacred power through ‘Argetlam’s’ skill ‘Command of the Noble One’.
– Argetlam’s skill ‘Command of the Noble’ activates!
And after lining them up in the air, they intercepted the undead crawling out of the water one by one.
puck–!
A 3m iron stake filled with level 3 holy power crashed into the head of a zombie titan that was struggling to break through a rough stream of water with a dull sound.
Ugh….
The guy lost strength for a moment and was swept away by the current and sank.
As such, as a necromancer, there was no way to escape the Holy Flood, and as time passed, their regenerative power would decrease and they would eventually disappear.
‘But this is not the end.’
Even though Lee Hyun-wook completely won, he still did not relax his nerves.
The necromancer he faced was a battlefield magician who created twists and turns in extraordinary ways, just like himself.
Since they didn’t know what kind of magic he would use, those who faced him couldn’t let down their guard, and even if they tried to stay alert… they were all defeated in the end.
Because it was something Hyunwook Lee experienced firsthand, he could never let down his guard.
‘He must have prepared a plan B. No, I may have even prepared plan C.’
And sure enough…
Boom——!
With an explosion, something burst out, tearing the surface of the turbulent flood.
Shoot…
It was a huge circular object about 30 meters long. Upon closer inspection, it looked like a plant seed or shell, with long plant roots writhing at the bottom.
At first glance, it looked like a giant jellyfish was flying.
Lee Hyun-wook found out what it was.
‘That… is the mobile base of the Death Flower Necromancer.’
It was smaller than Lee Hyun-wook remembered, but it was surprising that he already had such skills.
‘When it grows into its final form, it will become a flying city comparable to Laputa.’
Soon its shell opened and purple petals bloomed, dotted with red spots here and there.
At first glance, it looked as if it was full of poison, a splendid yet shady appearance…
tsu—tsu—tsu—tsu——
A strange sound flowed from there and something green fluttered around.
At first glance, it looked like pollen, but…
‘No, it’s not pollen.’
Lee Hyun-wook looked at it closely with Hugin’s eyes.
The green flying object with an unclear shape was none other than a ghost… a specter.
They were wandering around the Flower of Death, making sobbing noises.
And from the center of the flower, a being wearing a black robe slowly rose up.
– Oh, is that the controller of death?
Sehee Kim asked this question through Mana Messenger.
Such a special appearance seemed like the person running the Legion of Death had appeared himself.
In other words, there was a high possibility that he was a necromancer.
However, Lee Hyun-wook’s Eye Insight Lens printed out accurate information about what it was.
– Representative of Death ‘Lich’ (LV：206)
Like ‘Banshee’, the follower of death who appeared earlier on Ganghwa Island, he was originally a player, but he was a member of a necromancer who was ‘monsterized’.
In other words, it seemed like the necromancer did not appear directly this time, but rather sent his subordinates to fight the battle.
At that time, the lich’s voice rang out.
“My master says he really didn’t expect this kind of attack. It was quite surprising even to me.”
A magic circle in the shape of a mouth appeared above its head. It was some kind of loudspeaker magic.
And when I saw them speak so calmly, I could tell that they still had some cards left.
“But it will end there. Now, Steelein, we will make you one of our servants.”
Lee Hyun-wook looked around from Hugin’s perspective and prepared for a planned counterattack, and saw that the senior lich was taking something out of his chest.
‘…what?’
It looked like some kind of skull.
As he breathed into it, the skull’s eyes began to glow green.
– Do you see the other skull gourd that that skull gourd took out?
Emilia Müller Her somewhat uneasy voice flowed into the Mana Messenger.
“Yes, I can see it.”
– That… doesn’t feel good. I don’t think she’s prepared to change my head if it breaks like a spare tire, so be careful.
Seeing her complaining like this, it seemed like it was probably an anti-good power item.
‘Maybe. Grigori Azazel is probably an item from that series. I expected him to bring something like that, but it probably won’t be able to influence the saint to a tolerable degree…’ Lee Hyun-wook
brought Hugin a little closer and focused on it. I danced and was able to check its information using the Insight Lens.
[Item Information]
– Name: Grigori Azazel’s Skull (Legendary)
– Effect: Infuses the power of death and points to a person in the ‘area where the caster’s voice is heard.’ When doing so, the sacred power of the being in question is greatly reduced for 10 minutes. (-50%)
* However, this ability does not work on those who have the ‘Archangel’s Noble Phantasm’ of legendary grade or higher.
‘Damn, it’s legendary grade, right?’
Until now, the Grigori Azazel series has appeared several times, but at most it was at Mystery or Heroic level.
But this time, it was at Legendary level… The villains had prepared the best cards to subdue the saint.
Wee wee wee– Soon
a strange sound was heard throughout the world. It covered….
“Ah— I ask you to follow Grigori Azazel’s will and bring out the greatest darkness from the brightest light… The hypocritical follower of light who hears this voice will surely lose that light. …”
Richie’s evil voice penetrated everyone’s ears through loudspeaker magic.
At that moment, Emilia Müller’s moans were heard, and Lee Hyun-wook raised his head and looked at her.
In a bubble of air, she fell to her knees, complaining of pain. I was kneeling
– Ugh, shit….
“Did that affect you?”
– Half of my abilities were sealed for 10 minutes. How can I be easily checked like this? What on earth is that… That means the balance between
divine power and the power of death, which is currently favorable, has been broken. It was the sound of losing…
and
then, soon, a number of shadows were seen writhing under the waves of the flood.
“Now what do you want to do? Ehehehe”
– Damn, I got a response right away. Hey, you bastards, you’ve been fooled. What?
“…….”
– Ha… what should we do now? 10 minutes is too long.
“… First, take care of yourself. “They won’t stop by just suppressing you.”
In the end, Emilia Müller came down on top of the giant’s fortress, and wight tree guards lined up around her.
Among them, 12 High Guards gathered together and prepared to cast ‘Barrier of Faith’, an absolute defense shield to protect the saint.
“I guess I’ll have to either hold on like this for 10 minutes or deal with that lich.”
– …If you last 10 minutes, everything could end in failure.
“Yes, I guess so.”
So, the answer would be to deal with the lich, but it wouldn’t be easy… because knights in black armor were standing tall around him.
– Guardian of Death ‘Death Knight’ (LV：155)
– Guardian of Death ‘Death Knight’ (LV：156)
– Guardian of Death ‘Death Knight’ (LV：171)
– Guardian of Death ‘Death Knight’ (LV： 165)
‘There are already 4 Death Knights… There must have been a disappearance of a high-ranking knight-type player for a while.’
That wasn’t the end.
Fuhuaa——!
In the end, the giant bones succeeded in escaping by wading through the waves of the sacred flood… but they were no ordinary skeletons.
– Red ossified ‘Bone Wyvern’ (LV: 118)
They spread their huge wings and soared high into the sky.
There are 16 of them in total….
‘The guy is slowly pouring out the cards he had hidden.’
And there were many undead clinging to their backs, feet, etc., and their melting bodies were quickly being reunited as they came out of the holy water. If this were to
happen
, the plan to neutralize the Legion of Death by submerging them in the sacred flood for a long time would have been in vain.
And…
– Damn Steele, we’ve got a problem here!
What an urgent voice. That voice was Peter Clark.
Hyunwook Lee turned his head and looked at the giant castle where Emilia Müller was.
There, a wight tree guard was protecting the saint, and a human spirit was running towards them at great speed.
– Zombie warrior blessed with death (LV. 179)
‘That is… Kaito Okita.’
He appeared as a zombie on Ganghwado Island and cut down numerous players, eventually cutting off Oh Gyeong-pyo’s arm.
And now, the bones seemed to have become even more ossified and strengthened…
‘That sword is Balisador, right?’
Balisador (Balisada) is a magical sword from the legend of Charlemagne and was known as a sword that could cut through objects.
That sword also followed that motif, and could be seen to have a similar effect to the subspace firing technique he enjoyed using during his lifetime.
Tch——I
At that moment, the two paladins blocking my path swung their swords, and the swords passed through their shields and armor and beheaded them both in one blow.
Bung—bang—
Then, two more arms sprouted from behind its back, each holding a sword of quite high rank.
Holding a total of four swords, he ran down the long castle wall and swept away the paladins who stood in his way as if they were cutting down his friends.
“Oops!”
“omg!”
The guy was even wearing a necklace that appeared to be an item from the Gregory Azazel series.
It weakened the divine power within a certain range.
In other words, the Paladins had no choice but to have the talent to stop him.
‘He was designed to be a specialist for assassinating saints. .’
In the end, the defense line of the Wight Tree Guard was crumbling in vain.
“That guy is coming at incredible speed! We must quickly put up the ‘wall of faith’!”
“—Hold on! We still need more time!”
If things continued like this, it would be impossible to protect the saint, so it seemed like they had to stop that guy first.
Lee Hyun-wook stretched out his hand towards the guy.
Then half of the metal weapons floating in the sky rained down on him like rain.
Chang! Chang! Chang! Chang. !
The guy ran forward without stopping and swung four swords to cut off Lee Hyun-wook’s metal weapon.
Blink—
But perhaps he wasn’t as skilled as Okita Kaito when he was alive, and in the end, a single Palenote shot broke the guy’s ankle.
The guy sat down. He rolled on the floor once and then stopped, but the amputated part of his ankle was bubbling and melting. This
was because all of Lee Hyun-wook’s weapons were currently imbued with level 3 sacred power.
Ugh——
But soon, that sacred power was washed away and a green The power of death was in the air, and the guy’s legs were reorganized.
The guy
got up again and started running.
‘After all, you can’t block the necromancer’s power of death with just level 3 sacred power…’ The
current necromancer . It seemed like at least level 4 or higher divine power was needed to suppress it… but the saint was the only one who could express that level. Lee Hyun-wook
raised the mana messenger while shooting a metal weapon towards Okita Kaito.
“Emilia now . “I know it’s not good, but I’d like to ask you one favor.”
– Don’t you know that I listened to you even if I cut off an arm? I completely believe what you say, so don’t hesitate and speak quickly!
“Please give me the maximum sacred power buff.”
Although her divine power was greatly reduced due to the curse of Grigory Azazel, it was still better than the level 3 divine power possessed by Lee Hyun-wook.
– Come closer to me.
As Lee Hyun-wook approached, Emilia Müller, who was surrounded by high guards, stretched out her hand.
– Now, I will give you all the powers that were granted to my knights, the Wight Tree Guard.
Woowoowoo——
A ray of light stretched out from her hand and touched Lee Hyun-wook’s chest.
– You have been designated as the ‘Great Warrior of Light’.
* Holy power increases significantly as long as the buff lasts. (+500%)
This seemed to be the divine buff worn by the Wight Tree guards.
That power was applied only to one person, Lee Hyun-wook, and as a result, the power that emanated from the bodies of all of the Wight Tree Guards weakened.
‘After all, a saint is a saint.’
Lee Hyun-wook was amazed by the deep divine power emanating from his body.
But that wasn’t all.
– congratulations! By meeting special conditions, ‘Clive Solis’ from ‘Argetlam (Legendary)’ will be activated!
“……huh?”
Clivere Solis It was the name of Argetlam’s third skill, and it had been disabled until now.
But the fact that it has been activated now….
‘……was divine power a condition for activation?’
He checked the information on the gauntlet Argetlam worn on his right arm.
[Item Information]
– Name: Argetlam (Legendary)
– Effect
1) Command of the Noble One: The ‘Level 3 Holy’ effect is granted to all weapons and all members.
2) Healing Power: When placed on a wound and infused with mana, it exerts a ‘second stage healing’ effect.
3) Clive Solis: Gives the ‘Holy Sword’ effect to only one weapon.
As Argetlam’s main effect is related to divine power, it was not difficult to guess that the third skill, ‘Clive Solis’, would also be an ability related to divine power.
‘…But I didn’t know it was a holy sword option.’
A holy sword is the strongest weapon against the power of darkness.
The most famous holy sword item known to Lee Hyun-wook was definitely ‘Excalibur’.
It was known as an option that could provide absolute power against the power of darkness, but it was stolen and could not be recovered.
Now that I think about it, it was probably the villain’s doing.
‘Anyway… you’re lucky.’
It was like I had acquired the skills I needed right now.
‘In this way, even if the saintess leaves the battlefield… the situation can be changed.’
In that case, the sacred power contained in the holy sword was greater than that of a saint, limited to the case of a ‘direct hit’.
This was because there was no problem with balance because the firepower that a single player could exert with a single weapon was extremely limited.
But with Lee Hyun-wook, it was different.
He called for Mowglai number one.
‘And the holy sword I handle will be of a different scale.’
– Mogley (Legendary) is designated as the Holy Sword.
Go-oh-oh-oh–
The dark black, rugged sword began to emit an unsuitable brilliance.
He landed in front of Okita Kaito, who was running down the castle wall holding the sword, and blocked him.
Chin—
“…I guess you’re destined to die twice before me.”