A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 108



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Steel eating player chapter 108
〈Blessing and disaster, two meteorites-3〉

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This land, the Korean peninsula, was cursed.

Such a story was circulating on the Internet.

It was because after the 4th Wave, the worst event, was going beyond misfortune across the Korean Peninsula and something like a disaster continued.

Demon Abaddon’s Summoning Ceremony, Alchemy Factory’s Demon Worship Organization, Black Orc Kingdom’s Propaganda Decree… … And just two meteorites collided…….

This land is clearly cursed. Otherwise, it cannot be explained.

But on the other hand, there was also such a saying.

“Yes, I was cursed! But the savior came down with me!”

The name of the savior who appeared with the curse was… … It was Lee Hyun-wook.

He was the one who solved all those cases, so it deserved to be so.

In this atmosphere, another disaster began in Jeju Island, and it was natural that Lee Hyun-wook came to mind reflectively.

“……Maybe Lee Hyun-wook will not appear again this time?”

As if living up to that expectation, “Fried Wen” floated in the sky of Seoul.

Ooh ooh ooh——

“That…… Lee Hyun-wook’s unfairness, right?”

“… … Are you talking about Friedwen? uh? That’s right!”

But this time it wasn’t the end.

“But……well, what are all those things?”

Since then, 12 non-fairs were in line.

Ooh ooh ooh——

The steel body, the silver-white body, reflected sunlight and shone steadily. And it was like watching a swarm of whales swimming quickly through the sky of Seoul, making only a small vibration without a loud noise.

Yes, it was definitely a scene that could be called a’fleet’.

“Wow…… I’ve never seen anything like that.”

“That’s of course. There’s never been a thing like that.”

A weird and grand march of 13 unfair fleets leading Frieden, photos and videos of them spread through the Internet.

-[Breaking News] Jung-gu, Seoul, an unknown unfair fleet appeared (1 report)

-[Breaking News] The 13 unfairness that appeared in the Seoul sky, the source is Laputa?

Reporters struggled to find out where the fleet belonged.

However, I didn’t get much information.

“Senior, I just contacted the Seoul AMT Air Defense Command, and it says it’s a licensed aircraft. But, it’s confidential where he belongs…”

“No, are these kids sane? Does it make sense that the people are still unstable with such things in the sky of Seoul?”

As long as they came from Laputa, they would have been related to the government, but even if you contacted the relevant departments, the only answer was that there was nothing we could tell you about.

However, there was only one thing that was certain to them.

“Okay, hey! Come to think of it, there is Friedwen in that fleet, right?”

“Ah? Then, does that mean that Lee Hyun-wook is surely in that fleet?”

“Yes, and you’re even leading the way? That’s great!”

In the end, the title of the article created only by reasoning like that… … .

-It is presumed to be led by Lee Hyun-wook, an unknown unfair fleet (1 report)

“… … Oh, too, the number of views explodes?”

Just mentioning Lee Hyun-wook in the title of the article is a stimulating taste.

“Okay, I’d like to add more provocative keywords here.”

“Yes? What keywords should I put in?”

“So, that’s the only word that will catch your attention.”

After the prediction that Lee Hyun-wook belonged to the fleet came out, reporters poured out all kinds of speculation, and some began to give nicknames at will.

-Is it Lee Hyun-wook’s 〈Steel Fleet〉 sortie for Jeju Island?

***

-The “steel fleet” that left the metropolitan area has stopped moving at Gyeryongdae in Gyeryong City, Chungcheongnam-do, and the flagship Friedwen landed… …

Inside Friedwen, radio news came out.

“Wow, the steel fleet…… do you like it?”

Sehee Kim asked, sipping.

“… … I will.”

Starting with the Steel Company, the name was too one-dimensional.

Honestly, if you look at it objectively, it was right that it was a very poor name.

‘Because I still endured being called the Great Steel Festival… … .’

It seemed that the nickname given by the public had no choice but to be childish.

“Let’s see how great a nickname you’ll get when you become famous later, Kim.”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t have the confidence to be so famous.”

Then, I saw people approaching from far away. Among them were Woo Seong-moon and CEO Kang Seo-yoon. They were joining this fleet.

However, Kang Seo-yoon, whom she met after a long time, was frowned on her face.

And toward Lee Hyun-wook, instead of saying hello, he posed an inexhaustible question.

“No, what happened to this?”

“What? What…….”

“What’s all this! Where did the fleet suddenly come from?”

She glanced at Lee Hyun-wook and Woo Sung-moon and looked around.

“Yeah, it was just a pair of two, right? Still, I thought that I also strengthened friendship as a team as in the 4th wave, huh? But, Lee Hyun-wook, aren’t you our guild serve?”

“haha… … Confidentiality was hard to keep my loyalty.”

Lee Hyun-wook smiled darkly.

‘Kang Seo-yoon, a person you can trust, but… … I’m a guardian.’

She was, after all, a Guardian, and the Guardian now wasn’t safe. Anything that got into her eyes and ears was likely to get into Villain.

‘… … Gordon Price, it’s dangerous until you get rid of him.’

It was a time when he was trusted more than anyone in the Guardian right now.

It was because he was supporting the Guardian’s mission with that excess money.

“You mean you’ve been secretly making something like this at Laputa?”

“Haha— Yes, what…….”

“Well, anyway……that’s a good thing. It’s great.”

As she murmured, she looked around Friedwen and other fleets.

“But unfair pilots, are they properly trained in that short time? Controlling that would not be similar to an airplane or a helicopter.”

“Well……it’s the result of all the hard work. You don’t have to worry.”

It was premature to reveal the existence of “Gray Dwarves” here.

Therefore, the entrance to the cockpit of each non-engineer was tightly blocked.

“Hmm, anyway, thanks to these secret weapons, the bloodline of the operation was opened, but wouldn’t it be better to borrow the unfairness of 〈Blue Tree〉?”

Even to her recommendation, Woo Sung-moon was a lukewarm reaction.

“……First, we will try to do the initial operation on our own.”

“No, why are you so conservative? I’ll be there to help.”

“It’s not good to use more power than necessary and bring it from abroad.”

Hearing from Lee Hyun-wook that this meteorite impact point was caused by some “induction item”, Woo Sung-moon judged that this incident was also likely to be a “terrorism” and was sharply alerting the outside approach.

Had it not been, he would have been favored by Gordon Price.

As such, Gordon Price’s worldwide reputation was strong.

‘That’s why I couldn’t identify him as a villain.’

Gordon Price’s greatest weapon was that false image.

“Then, I will start to Haenam, where the base camp is located.”

Said Yeo Sang-min, who was in charge of Friedwen’s control.

At first glance, it seems that it will not be so fast because of its heavy shape, but it is clear that it is an inefficient structure in terms of aerodynamics.

However, not only the output of the Dwarven mana engine was strong, and the air resistance was minimized by forming the mana shield in a streamlined shape.

Ooh ooh ooh——

Thus, the fleet maintained 600 km/h and proceeded south.

***

AMT assembly site was formed in a large field in Haenam City, Jeollanam-do.

That was the base camp to target Jeju Island.

“—Move fast! It is news that the steel fleet is over!”

Now, AMT soldiers were working on leveling the unfair landing site.

After a while, the steel fleet arrived there.

“Wow…….”

The soldiers of the AMT 7th Anti-Evil Brigade looked up blankly at its appearance.

13 magical gases coming from the northern sky. … .

“What’s that, isn’t it completely different from the helicopter squadron?”

“Yes, it certainly is. For some reason, it’s much grander.”

To define such feelings, it was’mystery’. A subtle feeling of a mixture of rejection and curiosity when facing an unfamiliar existence… … .

“Hey! Don’t be crazy and finish the work!”

Subsequently, eight AMT’s wide area magic controllers gathered and began preparing for the deployment of a “two-way portal”. Players from all over the country were expected to come soon.

“Did you get the’link pattern’ from Article 2, Gyeongsang-do there?”

“Yes, I got it!”

“There are only 12 people going to come out there, so don’t make it too big.”

“Yes, I will!”

Soon, a number of two-way portals were deployed at the same time.

Meanwhile, Lee Hyun-wook was sitting on Friedwen’s lamp door.

‘We need to check the people who are mobilized for this operation one by one.’

I was in the state of hearing the list of participants in this attack, but I needed to check if an unexpected person, that is, villain would have intervened.

Soon, the first interactive portal was opened.

“—A two-way portal has been deployed from Anyang!”

From there, 14 players walked out.

“… … No, really, you didn’t apply the defense buff back then?”

At the front, the woman with the kite shield was so irritated.

Then, after that, the man wearing glasses laughed as if he was absurd.

“Ah, I’m not an amateur…… Won Jun saw it properly.”

“I got that ogre hammer, and I know it best!”

“Huh? What did you take? Wasn’t it hit and bounced like a golf ball?”

“Ha, this is a real bastard …… and you do not know the future Covering dedicated!”

The man and woman were ranked 18th and 19th in the player rankings, aka’Anyang Duo’.

They were the only ones who had eliminated erosion factors other than the Steel Company during the 4th wave, and they were not able to meet them due to the delay in joining the last battle.

‘The 19th place Hyemin Lee and the 18th place Kang Junseong are both wizard players.’

But peculiarly, Hye-min Lee is in the tank position and Jun-sung Kang is in the shooter position, both of whom are ‘variant armed’ and unite as a duo.

The reason for that was that they were both Buff and Enchant Masters.

‘It increases efficiency by applying defense and attack options to each weapon.’

His traits were magic, but he realized that his innate talent was close-quarter combat and shooting, and he developed his abilities there.

Subsequently, the Gyeongsang provocation two-way portal was opened.

A total of 21 players walked out of it.

‘You’re a guild called the witches of the Nakdong River.

Hee-sun Do, ranked 22nd in the ranking, was a player who specialized in water-based magic.

And the remaining 11, her disciples were also water-specialized wizards.

As the property of the boss monster of this operation, Paeton, the Flame Giant, is fire, it seems that a large number of wizards who deal with water, the opposite property, have been summoned.

Subsequently, paladins and priests were convened from all over the country.

“There are 21 Paladins and 31 Priests mobilized so far!”

On the outside, Paeton was a flame attribute, but its root was “undead.” If you don’t know it, you get into the attack without knowing it, and you get in trouble.

Fortunately, however, Seoyoon Kang seemed to have figured out that early.

There were a total of 149 players who responded to the government’s convocation request.

In the first place, it was a considerable number as it called B-class or higher players.

In addition, two brigades of AMT troops are mobilized for combat support.

“Team manager Park! Are all the people to come here?”

From far away, Seoyoon Kang’s voice resonates.

In this operation, she served as the “Jeju operation site commander”.

“That’s still, one person hasn’t arrived in Seoul.”

“Huh? The gate from Seoul was closed earlier.”

“Yes, but he said he was a little late.”

“What? Who… Is it Hantaesan, is that?”

At her question, a man called Team Leader Park nodded.

At that time, the gate from Seoul began to open again.

“… … No, that kid is real!”

From there, a large man walked out leisurely.

It was Han Tae-san, a man called Kwon Wang (奉王) or Taho (情虎).

He had long hair tied with a string and was wearing a green sweatshirt.

And, as always, he had a duffel bag on his right shoulder.

“-Hey!”

Kang Seo-yoon quacked and screamed at him.

“Huh?”

“How much mana should be eaten because of you alone! Do you know how much mana, labor, and money used to open an interactive portal?”

Han Tae-san, who checked her face, showed an annoying expression to the full.

“Ha…… Why does Ajumma scream as soon as we meet after a long time?”

“What? Ah, aunt…….”

“No, honestly, if you want to mobilize as much as me, you can use that much mana?”

After all, from the first word, it was a remarkable remark.

“Honestly, do you know how much it is to hire an S-class player like me as a mercenary? If I run as a mercenary in Chad at this time, I’ll live unfairly!”

“This child, you should know that it is because of my country that you have grown up like that!”

“No, it’s the ability I got from my luck. What’s the country to do?”

On the outside, it looked like a style that was bothering people, but still, as the country’s best power, the moment when it was needed was on the good side.

‘… … However, the problem is that they complain enough to be annoyed.’

At one time, Lee Hyun-wook also combined with Han Tae-san and the concept of a duo.

Before his previous life, Seo Eun-ha, Han Tae-san was Lee Hyun-wook’s dedicated tank.

However… … Before Lee Hyun-wook grew up properly, he died.

“Oh, is that the steel fleet? I…”

At that time, Hantaesan seemed to be interesting and approached the non-fairs.

“Well, what’s up close, it looks like it’s smashed if you hit it?”

that’s… … I didn’t know how true it might be based on Mt. Hantae.

“Oh…… this one is missing, it looks fine?”

It was Friedwenn who received such evaluation. He whistled, slapping Friedwen’s body with his palms. Then I found Lee Hyun-wook.

“Hmm, it’s embarrassing to watch because the owner sits down to eat rice cakes.”

“… … Mr. Han Tae-san, it’s been a while.”

He grinned and stepped over.

“Seoul’s handsome guy, Lee Hyun-wook…… I saw it before, we?”

“Yes, it was during the Seoul Station Unlucky Event before.”

“I didn’t know back then, but I found out later. I almost struck Seoul’s savior by ignoring my words several times.”

He screamed and reached out his hand.

‘There is only one case when such a rude child asks for a handshake.’

Lee Hyun-wook focused all of his sculpting on the gloved hand, and Han Tae-san’s wicked hand snapped like a crocodile’s mouth, grabbing his hand.

Chin—Wow—

From a handshake, a shout… … .

“Oh, do you have better strength than you think?”

Lee Hyun-wook’s grip was stronger than expected, and his eyebrows wriggled. However, if Han Tae-san gave him strength, Lee Hyun-wook’s hand might have been shattered. This monster was at least one of the world’s best in power.

‘But it was my main skill to pick this guy out.’

Lee Hyun-wook smiled and showed metal control.

OK…….

“—Ugh!”

Han Tae-san groaned and grabbed his head.

“……Why do you do that?”

“Ah, why is my head hurting and fucking all of a sudden.”

He shook his head as if strange.

‘Because Hantaesan’s bones are metal, I can hold and shake it.’

It was one of Hantaesan’s passive skills as a so-called “steel skeleton”.

Of course, since it was a unique body with a gram, it could not be crushed or transformed like ordinary metal, and at best it was about lifting the body into the air.

‘That’s probably allowed for player-to-player summation.’

But even that, if Han Tae-san himself noticed and tried to reject it, he could easily limit it… … This guy hasn’t even noticed in his previous life.

Looking at that, it was a style with a surprisingly dull side.

“Anyway, you…… last time you stole my number one, right?”

This was the story at the Seoul Station Unlucky Event.

At that time, Hyun-wook Lee obtained the “Mananan Mak Rir’s Secret Armor.”

“At that time, when you go home and think carefully, I remember that you stuck some kind of saliva into the heart of that boss monster like a rat. What?”

“Haha—you noticed it too?”

“But don’t even dream this time. Even if you’ve poured thousands of shots to see if you’re a steel rain or what, you’ll accumulate contributions, but you’ll catch up with my fist.”

He put such a childlike cover with an elated look,

Lee Hyun-wook nodded and quietly showed control of the metal.

“Oh! Oh, Mr. Why are you in this condition today?”

He turned around, scratching his cheek, as if he had forgotten while trying to say more.

“……Oh!”

***

And the next day, as soon as there was a break, preparations for sortie began. Hundreds of players were moving in unison and boarded 13 unfairs.

-… … Steel fleet, take off!

A sortie sign fell off at Base Camp Command. As there was no “call sign” to say this, the nickname was adopted as a call sign.

As such, 13 non-engineers flew toward the South Sea.

As the altitude rose gradually, the archipelago of the Namhae spread out under one’s feet.

“Oh, this is Friedwen, the commander of operations informs the entire fleet.”

Next to Lee Hyun-wook, Kang Seo-yoon grabbed the mana messenger.

“As we briefed yesterday, our goal of operation is not yet a target. First, after landing at Jeju International Airport, the area is sanctified to prevent the access of evil spirits monsters to create a’base’ to be connected to the land. .”

The biggest problem with this attack was that the target area was an island.

Therefore, infiltration, dissemination, and escape were all difficult situations.

And most of all, even the way to escape the islanders was blocked.

“… … In doing so, the primary goal is to evacuate the islanders to the inland and secure a way to transport troops and supplies in the future.”

The number of isolated civilians on Jeju Island alone was 700,000.

If they establish a base in Jeju International Airport and then sanctify the whole area,

It would have been possible to block the access of the “Red Wisp”, a troublesome evil spirit.

That way, sea routes and air routes will return to function.

And how long passed, gray smoke began to appear in the distance.

“Hmm…… Originally, you should see Jeju Island from here.”

But now, Jeju Island’s sky is surrounded by gray smoke, so even satellites couldn’t see what was going on there.

However, from within, some red glow began to spread.

that’s… … .

“A large number of Red Wisps are approaching ahead, about 10km ahead!”

“Woo! It’s finally starting…… All fleets sound an air raid alarm.”

Kang Seo-yoon grabbed the bow around her while biting her teeth.

whiz-! whiz-! whiz-! whiz-!

Red Wisp, they fly in groups and when they find a moving object, they stick and emit superheated heat. In just one day yesterday, there were dozens of aircraft and ships that had fallen so badly.

They were running fiercely now.

Soon, it was filled with lights that lit up everywhere.

“—Crash!”

T-the-the-the-the-the-—!

They were dispatched to the magic shield and made a loud noise.

gulp-

Everyone looked out the window with nervous expressions.

Red light everywhere, as if jumping into the fire.

However… … That was it.

“uh?”

“Wow, what… is it really unfair?”

Looking at the scene, the players were bound to admire. Thousands of red wisps swept past, but there was no damage.

“And that, too, is there a lot of divine power in this secret?”

A priest player who can feel the divine power added.

That was true.

Lee Hyun-wook had to repair the fuselage with metal enchanted with divine power by hand in advance. Those demons would never again pursue the steel fleet.

But from the inside, I heard the sound of Han Tae-san’s nostrils.

“Hah, what’s so scary about this kind of cigarette light?”

Then I leaned against the chair and started to doze.

‘… … Seeing it again, I really hate it.’

When the proud Han Tae-san took on the role of Lee Hyun-wook’s “dedicated tanker,” Lee Hyun-wook was just emerging as the best dealer.

‘At that time, I had a hard time with that guy’s dirty temper… … .’

Anyway, after breaking through the red wisp like that, I reached the offshore of Jeju.

It would soon reach the coast of Jeju.

… … It was then.

-Cheek—

“Huh? Mana communication seems to come from somewhere.”

-Chijiji——

Rough noise flowed from the mana messenger installed in Friedwen.

-This is Jeju International Airport Shelter! Can you hear the Steel Fleet?

Radio from their destination… … It was a very urgent voice.

“This is the steel fleet, what’s going on?”

-Turn right now!

“… … Please explain clearly what that means.”

-Absolutely, you shouldn’t come this way— chijiji— here, all of a sudden— immensely— chijiji—… … Don’t try to land here!

It was a clear warning message that was contained in the radio that was severing around.

“… … Huh? Please resend!”

-Chijiji——

“Jeju International Airport, please resend! Jeju International Airport, respond!”

After that, I tried to contact you a few times, but I couldn’t connect.

And it was the time when the appearance of Jeju International Airport had already begun to appear.