Steel-Eating Player - Chapter 58

Episode 58 [ Saviors of Seoul – 1 ]

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“Ssang—what is that!”

Three men were standing on the roof of a building in Gwanak-gu.

They were looking at the huge flame ball ‘Semi Armageddon’ floating in the sky.

“Oh my god…”

Soon, it crashed down on Cheongryongsan Mountain, a hotbed of ironclad poisonous insects.

The next moment, the entire mountain flew away.

Qua——ah——ah——!

A huge fever raged, and the men on top of the building had no choice but to lie down on the floor.

The dirt fell like rain on their heads.

“What the hell is this all of a sudden…”

“Huh!” Captain, are you okay?”

“Ugh, but… the erosion factor is still intact, right?”

a man asked, wiping dirt from the corner of his mouth.

“Fortunately, that seems to be the case. I haven’t seen any quest failures yet.”

“Crazy, where on earth did that come from?”

These were Chu Kyo-yong’s subordinates, or villains.

After confirming the approach of the steel company, they planned to induce ‘iron-clad insects’ to wipe them out.

This was possible by using special items given to Villains during this wave. Everything seemed to be going successfully… but everything was ruined by someone who appeared out of nowhere.

“Oh, if you do this, the problem will get worse…”

– Chic— Hey! hey!

At that time, someone’s yelling was heard from the Mana Messenger placed on the floor.

“Wow! Captain… I think I’ve contacted Team Leader T.”

The man called the leader held the Mana Messenger, hesitated for a moment, and then pressed the button.

“Yes, it’s me, team leader!”

– Chick—what the fuck was that? explosion right? What kind of explosion is that big!

A grumpy voice roared.

It was team leader Chu Kyo-yong.

“It seems that the Archmage man has appeared.”

Archmage was the highest-ranked player among the players currently in the wave zone.

– What? … Are you sure?

“If there’s a wizard player who can appear through that teleport and cast magic with such destructive power, there’s no other wizard than Archmage, right? ?”

– Damn, I thought that human would be an obstacle! They should have gotten it out somehow….

The villains worked behind the scenes to somehow get talented people who could interfere with the wave out of the wave zone before the wave started. As a result, Seoul has become more empty than ever.

In this way, a power vacuum is created and the remaining power is neutralized by striking at the first battlefield.

That was the villain’s wave strategy.

However, there were a few people like Choi Jeong-cheol and Kim Kang-seok who did not take the bait.

– Write— But… this… yes, it actually worked out well!

For some reason, Chu Kyo-yong started giggling.

“……yes?”

– Choi Jeong-cheol That person was knocked out in one hit and it would take 12 hours to use that skill again.

Choi Jeong-cheol was nicknamed ‘Arch Mage’, or Archmage, but in reality, he was not versatile in all magic. His magic was focused only on a vast range of great destructive power.

And such a skill usually had an incredibly long ‘reuse waiting time’ after using it once.

That’s 12 hours.

– In other words, if they weren’t there, I would have to go through the swarm of bugs myself to remove the cause of erosion… I joined them and pretended to take the lead and go through with them… “Oh

… .”

– …kill them all in one go.

The reason why the villain’s strategy has a high probability of success is that no one knows their intentions.

“Team leader, it’s still the Steel Company… shouldn’t the crabs be a little more careful?”

Strangely, all the villains who faced the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Port Horse Brigade, especially the Steel Company, had disappeared.

They could not know the details about that. Not a single one had returned…

But Chu Kyo-yong snorted.

– Hey Oh Taek-jin, do you think I’m the same as them?

“Oh! Of course I didn’t mean that. I’m sorry.”

Yes, the A-level player was definitely on a different level.

The demon trainer Chu Kyo-yong and the monsters he commands never die.

***

Three days have passed since the 4th wave invaded Seoul.

There are several important events that occurred in the wave zone . It was transmitted to the world through channels, and

for the past three days, the world has only talked about the 4th wave.

And in the story, the most mentioned thing was by far the ‘Steel Company’.

‘Probably almost all the news had our story in the headlines . It would have been named.’

So, from outside the wave zone, one could have mistakenly thought that the Steel Company was fighting alone.

Before news of the Anyang Duo’s attack spread, only the Steel Company had made any progress.

However, that was not true at all.

Quite a few players were fighting individually. They were fighting to protect Seoul in other regions.

‘There are a lot of selfish people, but there are also quite a few players with a sense of justice and a sense of duty.’

Seo Eun-ha and Choi Young-jun alone captured two gates in the Namsan area, and other players from all over the world were active. Currently, about 20 improved gates have been captured throughout Seoul. In other words, the number of players fighting the wave was definitely not

small

. ‘Right now, we need to gather the strength of those who are fighting against each other.’

The final erosion factor was not a problem that could be solved by the Steel Company’s sole operation.

‘In order to attack this erosion factor, we must penetrate the endless swarms of ironclad poisonous insects, and there is only one way to do that… powerful and sustainable firepower. I need this.’

Although it was only one hit, Choi Jeong-cheol’s ‘Semi Armageddon’ bought a lot of time.

‘In the meantime, collect as many players as possible, especially as many lightning skill items as possible.’

No matter how many swarms of ironclad poisonous insects gather, they can be destroyed as if they were pests…

That was Lee Hyun-wook’s plan, and Choi Jeong-cheol supported it.

“Ah– I’m asking for support from players throughout the wave zone! Currently…”

So, the signal soldiers gathered together and sent Mana communications in all directions to request support, and the [Seoul Erosion Response Headquarters] outside the wave also contributed to the spread of this message.

Soon, players from the Wave Zone began to appear one after another.

“Three vehicles are coming from the west Euncheon-dong direction!”

“11 players in the Heukseok-dong area said they would join.”

In less than 20 minutes, about 200 people gathered at the playground of an elementary school, which was the gathering point.

Of course, not all of them were useful forces.

“It seems like everyone is gathering…” Go Jin-

han complained as he glanced at the players at the command post overlooking the stadium. He clicked

his tongue as he looked at a group of young players. Just

by looking at their smooth skin and unnecessarily dressed up fashion

, they looked like they had little combat experience.

Go Jin-han pointed at them with the tip of his chin and looked at Lee Hyun-wook.

“Have these company commanders really been responding to the wave until now?”

“…Well, I don’t think that’s true.”

He was probably stuck in a shelter somewhere and came out to try to get a spoonful. Everyone knew that hero-grade items and large sums of money were at stake in the erosion factor…

“Tsk, tsk, the situation has completely changed. Well, as I hear news that the erosion factor has been broken day by day, I’m starting to feel insensitive to safety. … Damn these people who don’t know what’s going on in the world…”

And there were a few people who looked like reporters. They each held a Mana Messenger and rolled their eyes here and there, broadcasting the situation happening here outside the wave zone.

There were quite a few impurities like this, but…

‘…Still, there will be more useful people than idiots.’

Lee Hyun-wook stood at the stadium’s commanding post and turned his head toward Cheongryongsan Mountain, a cause of erosion.

Black smoke was rising. This time it was real smoke, not a swarm of bugs.

After Semi-Armageddon, Mount Blue Dragon was still burning.

‘But that level of heat won’t do any harm to the sturgeon.’

Even now, dozens of them crawled out of the gate every minute, and that number would have been called.

‘I can’t break through yet. The firepower is sorely lacking, and above all, it is for the purpose of punishment.’

But then someone came running this way.

He was the deputy chief of staff to the brigade commander.

“—Brigadier General!”

Choi Jeong-cheol and Kim Kang-seok, who were talking on one side of Guryeongdae, turned their heads.

“Hang—huh—big reinforcements are just about to arrive.”

“…huh? “Has Anyang Duo arrived already?”

A huge group of supporters. Everyone thought of them with that brilliant description.

But the assistant director shook his head.

“Oh no. They said it would take about 30 minutes longer due to various reasons.”

“Well, then who came?”

The adjutant swallowed his saliva and opened his mouth:

“The devil’s trainer Chu Kyo-yong has arrived!”

Chu Kyo-yong, the devil’s trainer, was the 68th ranked player in Korea.

In this position, he would have been stronger than anyone else except Choi Jeong-cheol, who was ranked 38th.

However, no one particularly cheered the news of his appearance.

“He is a tremendous supporter, but he is a self-indulgent human being . That’s the problem…”

As such, Chu Kyo-yong’s image was not very good.

In particular, Kim Kang-seok openly frowned.

Chu Kyo-yong, as his nickname was the devil’s trainer, used cruel restraint magic to tame monsters.

And for a while, he was featured in various media. Among the players who appeared in the game and took care of their subordinates, he made several times ridiculing and criticizing those who gave affection to their subordinates, calling them idiots, and

Kim Kang-seok also had no choice but to be undesirable as a druid who communicated with the beasts that were his subordinates.

In any case, Chu Kyo-yong was here . Lee Hyun-wook realized the reason for coming.

‘The intention is to mix them inside and manipulate them toward their own purpose.’

That was the villain’s specialty. Since there was no way for people around him to know about his evil intentions, it would be very easy for him to wear an ordinary mask, blend in with the people, and manipulate them to his liking. ‘But they didn’t know that I was aware of the existence of a villain

. ‘Teji…’

You might think it’s strange that the villains were attacked by the Steel Company one after another, but even so, they wouldn’t have thought that their true identity was discovered. That’s how the

villain organization of this era was completely shrouded in mystery, and their true identity and purpose were unknown. This was because I firmly believed that this would not be discovered.

Beep-beep-beep-beep-

soon, a truck carrying a huge trailer began to enter the elementary school playground.

It was inside there that it was filled with the ‘zombie monsters’ he was controlling. ‘

And somewhere inside there is a heart box.’

A secret box containing the hearts of

Chu Kyo-yong’s non-dead relatives …

Lee Hyun-wook actually knew their locations.

‘I overpowered him, so I know better than anyone else.’

Nevertheless, the reason why Chu Kyo-yong’s subordinates were tortured

was because the storage location may have been different in the past.

“Ugh, it’s already smelling bad. It’s not even a zoo, so what…”

Go Jin-han muttered.

Monsters, and rotting monsters like that. Since it was crammed into a small space, it was natural for it to smell bad. The players gathered in the playground also frowned and stepped away.

Push-i——

The sound of air pressure as the truck stopped was heard, and the men who got out of the truck lifted the octopus of the trailer.

Red eyes emerged from inside the trailer.

Boom—

The first to land was the Minotauros, a muscular giant with the face of a cow.

It was probably over 3 meters tall, so I wondered how it ended up curled up inside the trailer.

“Oh fuck….”

“Wow, I’ve never seen anything that big.”

“…is that really safe?”

The players were chatting as if they were spectators.

The Minotaur was a higher-tier monster that was stronger than a troll and comparable to an ogre.

To see something like that in real life, you would have to be at least B-tier to attempt to hunt C-tier 1st tier.

What a Minotaur like that . There were four of them.

Two double-edged axes were hanging on their backs.

At first glance, they seemed to be made of adamant.

They were immortal monsters that rushed at me with those two out…

‘If there were four of them, that would be 20 trolls. Even if they rush at you, they’ll turn you into minced meat. But that weapon… wouldn’t it be perfect if I gave it to my Living Armorers?’

Lee Hyun-wook swallowed his saliva without realizing it.

Orcs came out next. There were a total of 12.

The orcs had black skin and had blue tattoos on them.

Black Orcs were the highest level orcs from the orc kingdom in Shanghai, China.

It was a race so powerful that it could not be considered the same race as ordinary orcs.

‘And with all kinds of strengthening spells on it, it is more powerful than it looks.’

Monster Tamers didn’t just control monsters.

They could grow or strengthen those monsters.

‘I remember them.’

Those 12 were called the ‘Black Orc Assault Troop.’

After removing the heart, a ‘mana generator’ made of orihalcon was placed in its place.

They are a kind of mana engine that supplies about 25,000 mana.

Like that . A powerful assault force with an unstoppable ‘Auror’ all over their body. That was their identity.

‘I don’t know about the axe, but I have that one.’

Gulp—

He swallowed his saliva once again.

Thump— Thump— Thump— Thump—

“Uh…”

As they lined up on the playground, the players began to feel instinctive fear. It

was natural.

A wild animal like a tiger or a lion would have a leash. Even though he was tied up, the feeling of intimidation did not go away. And it was like he was worried that the leash would break free and run towards him.

But…

“—uh-uh.”

A real problem had arisen.

Boom—!

Several Minotaurs had crushed the car the players were riding in.

“What are they doing…”

Among them was an AMT armored reconnaissance vehicle.

Boom—! Boom—! Bang! Bang!

One guy was hitting an SUV in succession as if he was venting his anger.

As these guys had no sense of reason to begin with, they often acted out of the blue like that.

But those who got off the trailer truck didn’t care at all and just did their job. “

…Why are you doing that!”

“Why the fuck are you going to stop me?”

Some of the worse players began to protest.

“No, if it was people like that, we shouldn’t have let them go!”

“That’s right! Put it back right away!”

It was then.

“Oh, it’s really noisy!”

The person who shouted like that was a large man who looked like a toad.

He was the Black Monster Tamer’s exorcist.

He got out of the black sedan that followed the trailer and walked towards the players.

“No, you can make mistakes! “I’ll tell you all about how many cars there are and how much they cost!”

When Chu Gyo-yong shouted like that, the people who were protesting had no choice but to shut their mouths.

This was because Minotaurs and Orcs began to approach behind him.

“Can’t you see these blurry eyes? Huh? It’s not strange that these stupid beasts who only know about killing are able to break something, and they’re all chattering about something that’s not a big deal?”

“…….”

“So, if you scream in front of an animal, it will be bad, but then they could really make a mistake?”

When no one objected, he snorted and turned away.

But then, at that very moment, someone muttered something.

“It looks like a sick toad…”

It was small, but if you had good ears, you could hear it.

Chu Kyo-yong turned around sharply.

And he glared at the players.

“…Hey you!”

“yes? ”Me?”

It was a man who looked younger than he was.

“Okay, you bastard, come here! You didn’t think I could hear you…” “

…That’s enough.”

It was Kim Kang-seok who interrupted him.

“What?”

“We are not here to argue.”

The two large men stood facing each other.

“Ah—Kim Kang-seok? It’s been a while.”

The minotaurs snorted and glared at Kim Kang-seok.

As if they had read Chu Kyo-yong’s emotions, they seemed ready to pull out a double-edged ax at any moment.

And blue eyes appeared behind Kim Kang-seok’s back. On

the rooftop of the school,

there were white tigers, black lions, and great condors on the railings. He was standing on his feet and looking down at Chu Kyo-yong.

The beasts on both sides seemed ready to collide at any moment.