Steel-Eating Player - Chapter 52

Episode 52. [ Heroes of Seoul – 1 ]

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Kwa—ang——!

Amid the explosion of bombing sounds, Lee Hyun-wook stood tall on his own two feet.

The villains stared at him blankly.

“…….”

I had many questions about

how on earth I was able to untie that thick rope

and where that spear that pierced those two orcs like a skewer came from, but I didn’t have time to worry about those things right now.

It was because I felt that that man was not normal.

“…Declare the damn ring!”

At Choi Min-sung’s cry, a bald man in a leather jacket joined his hands.

Then, golden light exploded from his body,

forming a rectangular translucent box in a 10 m2 space around him.

yes-!

– A ‘Duel Field’ is declared in the area.

* You will be ‘cut off’ from the outside world for 300 seconds.

“Ring declared.”

The duel force field was a martial arts skill called ‘Ring’. It

was used to ‘close’ a certain space and trap the opponent while beating them.

Meanwhile, the Spear of Achilles that Lee Hyun-wook had thrown was currently stuck in the body of an orc outside that space. . Lee Hyun

-wook

pulled it, but

it was blocked by the translucent dueling force field, so he couldn’t get in.

“Wow… Where the fuck did you get that spear from?”

“Mr. Lee Hyun-wook was so kind in telling me about his abilities, so I cleaned up all the metal scraps and prepared for it… but he was hiding a secret trick. Hahaha… He is a very thorough person as expected.”

“…….”

“But that spear… I can’t take out any more, right? One is enough, right?”

Choi Min-seong still spoke confidently, but he no longer approached Lee Hyun-wook.

He did not rule out that Lee Hyun-wook could be hiding something else. He

also noticed an abnormal phenomenon occurring on Lee Hyun-wook’s body.

The skin had changed into armor, and the A certain energy surrounding the surroundings…

Even at first glance, I could see that it was not an ordinary defense skill.

“Oh? Could it be that the fact that I said that I was weak because I was a member of the control group… was a deception?”

Choi Min-seong clutched his head with a puzzled expression.

“But no matter what, you’re going to fight in this narrow place with a 4 to 1 ratio against a control group?”

With those words, all four villains took out their weapons.

It seemed like their weapons had not been collected when they were kidnapped, and there were no metal weapons.

“Hehehe—! Doesn’t this make things more interesting?”

The first person to run in was Park Ji-hyeon, a woman who seemed to be out of her mind.

She jumped over her two colleagues and hurled a dagger made of bone at Lee Hyun-wook.

“die-!”

Its movement was incredibly fast, like a cat hunting.

But….

I don’t know what to do——!

“Ah gyakya ga—!”

A black whip flew from somewhere and wrapped around her body, and she

fell head first to the ground, shaking her whole body.

“It’s 4 to 2! I’m here too, you bastards!”

It was Park Jun-mo.

His arms were still tied behind his back, but the electric current extending from his palms stretched out and was moving like a long tail. As expected, his sense of controlling the electric current was increasing day by day. “Damn it

! What are you doing? “Kill me now!”

Choi Min-seong shouted like that and launched a ‘magic missile.’

Shushushushu——

Six projectiles flew toward Lee Hyun-wook and Park Jun-mo like guided missiles.

“this-!”

Park Jun-mo spread his electric whip wide like a net, canceling out two magic missiles.

On the other hand, Hyunwook Lee just stood still. The magic missile hit

the target, but

it disappeared as if evaporating from around his body.

“What the hell!”

This was because his entire body was covered with a thick ‘mana shield’.

He had absorbed ‘Orihalcone’ and was in an upgraded state.

At that time, a man with messy hair ran up and raised a wooden club towards Lee Hyun-wook’s head.

“Fuck—where are you?” “Try to block this too!”

There was dark red energy floating around the tip.

‘It is a weapon enhancement skill.’

Since that was applied, it was safe to say that it was not a simple wooden club, but a heavy mace.

Lee Hyun-wook concentrated his rigidity on his left arm, raised his elbow, and collided with it.

Boom!

It was the club that broke with a bloody hitting sound.

“Well, I blocked it . .”

“…Huh?”

The guy hesitated for a moment, confused.

That was a stupid thing to do.

As always, Lee Hyun-wook didn’t miss the opportunity.

His left foot flew towards the guy’s neck.

Bah-gak-

All metal control was in full effect. Brazilian kick was crushed by the blow

.

Lee Hyun-wook spun around and prepared a ‘counter back kick’ towards the bald man who was entering his square. However, it seemed to have sensed the movement and jumped backwards.

“Hehe… Do you think you know how to do martial arts?”

The guy seemed to recognize Lee Hyun-wook’s close-quarters combat skills and said that and raised his guard with both hands.

“It’s been a while since I had to get my bearings and fight, but this? “Inhale!”

He instantly closed the distance and threw out two front-left jabs.

When Lee Hyun-wook took a step back, he threw a straight right hand with his back hand.

However, Lee Hyun-wook did not dodge, but instead grabbed the fist flying toward his face.

Chin—

“…oh hold on?”

“No, I will break it.”

“what?”

Knock-!

“Aaah—!”

The man’s fist was truly crushed like a boiled potato.

Although it was not visible on the outside, it was because sharp thorns were sprouting from inside Lee Hyun-wook’s palm. In that state, Lee Hyun-wook turned his wrist sharply, crushing the man’s fist even more miserably. Kwajijiji—

!

“Get out…” Lee Hyun

–

wook swung his right hand at the man who was so distracted.

The sharp nail cut his throat and passed by.

That was the end. It

took less than 30 seconds for the two men to fall. “Ah ah

…”

Choi Jun-seong, who was preparing for the next spell while confronting Park Jun-mo, had a mesmerized expression on his face.

Watching the short fight, he had a intuition that there was no chance of winning.

Lee Hyun-wook approached him.

” “Where is the barrier-generating object?”

“Fuck it, don’t tell me…”

Before the best answer was even finished, Lee Hyun-wook slit the guy’s neck.

A half beat, or even a beat, could not have been a quick punishment.

“Off—?”

Perhaps it was unexpected, but he made a bewildered expression and slumped forward.

‘Unnecessary arguing is not good.’

The reason was that the leader, Choi Jun-seong, was able to memorize the ‘suicide spell for all of them.’

To maintain secrecy, the villain installs various ‘safety devices’ on the members of the organization.

Like the previous five butchers, there is a ‘latent spell’ that burns the brain. That was it, and leaders who were loyal to the organization, such as Ki Baek-jun or Choi Jun-seong, had the authority to cast such spells. In

other words, if they were eliminated first, their subordinates could be interrogated.

“Ugh….”

Park Ji-hyun, the woman Park Jun-mo had knocked out, wriggled and moaned.

Lee Hyun-wook grabbed her neck and lifted her up.

“—Kek!”

“Come to your senses, you’re the only one left.”

“…Please save me!”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded at the request.

“If you cooperate, of course we will save your life.”

“Is that… really?”

Looking at the reckless behavior, the depth of his thoughts seemed to be somewhat shallow.

In other words, it was a portrait that was good for grilling and boiling.

“Yes, we are soldiers protecting the country. We have no intention of committing unnecessary murder. “

Okay, okay, just get these hands off me…”

Sometimes, a white lie was necessary.

If you stick to your morals, you can beat the villain who has no morals. I couldn’t do it.

After a while, Lee Hyun-wook and Park Jun-mo tore down all the prison doors and took out the people.

There were easily two hundred people.

“Now, everyone, please stay calm and follow us.”

Park Jun-mo led them and gathered them in one place.

Most people were panicking, but fortunately no one acted unruly.

‘Kim Se-hee will arrive soon with a rescue team.’

In fact, Lee Hyun-wook had the rest of his troops on standby nearby, in addition to the 15 troops, and

ordered them to storm into the department store immediately after the aerial bombardment was over.

This was a third plan that the Taesan Guild and other players were completely unaware of.

Lee Hyun-wook had planned all of this before he ever contacted the Taesan Guild.

“Junmo Park, you are here protecting civilians and waiting for the rescue team.”

“Yes, I understand!”

“And you know there are still a few more of those terrorists, right? be careful.”

A total of 6 people, 4 of whom identified themselves as members of the Taesan Guild, came here together, but the remaining 2 stayed behind. And by interrogating Park Ji-hyun, we found out that one person was pretending to be from another guild.

In other words, there were still three people left to be punished.

“Oh yes! I will be careful.”

“Then I will go straight to the rooftop after destroying the barrier generator.”

“Yes! Take care of yourself!”

As expected, according to what I heard from Park Ji-hyun, the ‘altar’ of the multi-ethnic black magic society was installed in the rooftop garden. In other words, the ‘boss monster’ and the ‘erosion factor’ were right there. Lee Hyun-wook immediately entered the department store. From

somewhere

. Thanks to the faint sunlight streaming in, visibility was secured to a certain extent.

The interior that was revealed was so messed up that its original appearance was unrecognizable.

Tree roots were sprouting here and there, and insects that were not of the earth were crawling around.

‘It seems like I’ve entered a crypt. ‘

At that time, three goblins holding torches appeared at the end.

Squeak! Squeak!

When they spotted Lee Hyun-wook, they cried out and raised a crude arrow.

But the arrow could not be fired.

This was because the arrowhead moved backwards and pierced my neck.

Lee Hyun-wook gathered up all of their iron weapons and moved forward.

But after those guys, there were no monsters blocking the way.

After the aerial bombardment, when the Steel Company’s offensive began, it seemed like everyone flocked there.

‘They are not very intelligent, and they are a mixed bag of various races.’

Boss Monster—Although it was ruled by a powerful high-ranking warlock,

there was no proper system as low-intelligence races lived together.

Therefore, when confusion arises, things start to move arbitrarily like this, five minutes in advance.

And targeting that point was one of the raid methods of the Multi-Race Orb Magic Society.

Thus, Lee Hyun-wook was able to reach his destination very easily.

– Machine room: Entry prohibited except for those involved.

According to Park Ji-hyun’s testimony, there was a ‘barrier creation object’ right here.

Clang—

When I opened the door and entered, two large orcs were standing there holding what looked like sledgehammers.

Ugh—?

They seemed to be guards guarding the barrier creation device.

The two guys snorted and blocked Lee Hyun-wook.

“Get out of the way, no time.”

Of course, there was no way it could be a threat, and Lee Hyun-wook knocked them out in an instant and searched the inside.

Soon, he discovered a strange device that emits a blue light inside the complicated pipes.

Hung— Hung—

‘This is it.’

There was a small sphere on top of a square black pillar.

And a bunch of red roots coming down from the ceiling were attached to it.

It seemed like it was absorbing the energy emitted from the sphere and sending it to the rooftop.

Quad——!

Lee Hyun -wook. Without much hesitation, he tore it out by the roots and pulled out the entire device.

Kugugugu…

At that moment, the entire building shook. To

some, it may have been an ominous sign, but to Lee Hyun-wook, it was a good omen.

‘The sound of the barrier disappearing . all.’

– You have destroyed the ‘Hump Magic Barrier Technique Maintenance Device’.

– You have acquired the ‘Dwarven Great Mountain Engine (Legendary)’.

The destruction message and acquisition message appeared at the same time.

But… the item was of ‘Legendary’ grade.

“Hmm, by the way, I really didn’t expect to get this here…”

Lee Hyun-wook looked closely at the sphere named ‘Dwarven Great Mountain Engine’. He

tried destroying numerous ‘barrier creation objects’, but most of them were in the form of ‘mana crystals’. In other words,

it was nothing more than a kind of battery with purified mana like a mana stone.

However, this was a very delicate mechanical device designed and manufactured through ‘magical engineering’.

It was also an ‘infinite power device’ that was not good enough to be used to maintain a barrier or anything like that. ‘Now that I think about it,

[Gate Sentinel] flew around with something like this, I guess?’

The Gate Sentinel, a super-large airship called the aircraft carrier of the sky,

was a huge monster that flew between continents with three engines like this. I

heard somewhere that it was actually a power source on par with a nuclear power plant…

Lee Hyun-wook was wondering if it was possible. I gave it metal control.

Then it slowly rose into the air.

‘It’s metal. So… can I absorb it?’

It’s about 5cm in diameter, so if you open your mouth wide, it might be a bite…

but for some reason, swallowing a power source at the level of a nuclear power plant was a bit uncomfortable. Anyway,

when I tried to swallow it, it was an object that could be absorbed if swallowed, as if it were being sucked in, but if a

warning message appeared, it was an object that could not be absorbed. Since it was an object, it was worth a try.

Lee Hyun-wook narrowed his eyes and put it in his mouth.

Gulp – it

was sucked in.

– There was (unknown time) left until the number of metal hops was reached.

‘Unknown time…’

A message like this was sent. I’ve only seen it once.

Lee Hyun-wook clicked his tongue as he remembered that time.

‘I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I think it’s going to be a bit scary…’

He felt somewhat bloated.

Lee Hyun-wook headed upstairs to the rooftop.

** *

Meanwhile, on the rooftop of a 20-story apartment building overlooking a department store,

14 gunnery players, including Private Choi Tae-yong, were waiting.

“Hey, who is that over there? “I don’t think they’re from our side…”

someone said that and everyone turned their heads in that direction.

A convoy of vehicles appeared from somewhere.

It was three K-1 53rd Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles and seven steel company trucks.

Lee Hyun-wook said separately . The follow-up troop that had been left out was entering the department store, and it was an incomprehensible scene for players who had never heard a single word about it. “

AMT, isn’t that your troop?”

“Ah… yes that’s right.”

Taeyong Choi nodded in response to one player’s question.

Then, voices filled with resentment were heard from everywhere.

“What happened to that? “You didn’t even mention anything to us!”

“Why are you deceiving people who are risking their lives and fighting for their lives, as well as the aerial bombardment just now?”

“Steel Company is rumored to be great, so you’re saying we’re just going to make a fool of ourselves?”

Taeyong Choi shook his head with an embarrassed expression.

“Oh, that’s not true… I’m sure… My commander will explain it to me later… ”

Then something happened that made them look away in resentment.

“Uh… everyone, look over there!”

The purple shimmering that surrounded the department store began to disappear rapidly.

“-done! The barrier has been opened!”

Shooter players cheered and raised their weapons.

Now that we were able to provide ‘sniping’ support as planned, it was time to focus.

“Okay, now let’s give those bastards a beating!”

By the time they had settled down and prepared to shoot, the department store was fully revealed.

Huge, bizarre trees were growing in the space where the rooftop garden would have originally been.

And there were a ton of monsters crowded all over the place.

“There are so many of them…”

There seemed to be about two hundred of them, and there were also 5m tall giant trolls mixed in among them.

But what stood out the most was, of course, a pile of black stones piled up in the very center.

It seemed to be a kind of ‘altar’ where warlocks made offerings to evil spirits…

“What is that?”

Gulp—gulp—

there was some kind of red mass writhing on top of it.

When I looked closely, it looked like a placenta with a tangle of skin and blood vessels.

And I could see something huge wriggling inside it.

“Just looking at that thing doesn’t feel right.” ?”

“Something… looks like it’s about to pop out.”

Players who have experienced numerous raids have a hunch that

such a phenomenon usually means that a terrifying boss monster is about to appear…

But that was not the only ominous sign.

There were some ‘tentacles’ extending from the placenta. The same thing was writhing and sucking on something.

And it was… a naked person.

“Gasp!”

Those people were now being offered as a ‘sacrifice’.

There were bodies of people who had died from having their body fluids sucked out, piled up on one side…

It seemed like there were well over a hundred people.

“What the fuck…”

The players felt deep resentment rising from deep inside.

“Damn it, it’s sniping and nonsense. Let’s attack right now and wipe them out!”

The problem was that both anger and fear came rushing in.

No one said the next thing.

It was then,

“Uh, that person… what is he?”

The door to the rooftop opened and only one person walked out.

***

The moment Lee Hyun-wook opened the rooftop door and

came out, a magic drone passed by above his head and dropped something.

Chin—

It was a military backpack.

It contained Lee Hyun-wook’s armament and Mana Messenger.

With a single wave of his hand, he took out his weapon, equipped it, and turned on the mana messenger.

Oooooh—!

He then opened his mouth as he looked at a dozen monsters running towards him.

“Ah, this is the steel company commander.”

-Chick—I can hear you well.

“Are you prepared according to the wizards’ plan?”

– Chick— Waiting for the order to complete preparations.

The secret operation that had been prepared even before the encounter with the Taesan Guild was now in its final stage.

Whoa!

Lee Hyun-wook quietly closed his eyes, paying no heed to the crowd of monsters.

So, right in front of the department store building. He sensed the ‘command vehicle’ approaching and

pulled the heavy sword on top of it – Mowglai.

When he opened his eyes, the monsters had arrived right in front of him.

At that moment—

Kwaa!

Mowglai came down. Cloudy smoke rose and the monsters took a step back in surprise.

Lee Hyun-wook grabbed the handle of the Mogley with his left hand and lifted the Mana Messenger with his right hand. He

then gave a single command to the Steel Company.

“From now on… the sky. Open.”