A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 124



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Steel eating player chapter 124

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“… … A few hours ago, the Minister of Defense contacted me and told me an interesting story.”

The one who said that was Koshiro Kodo the “Hurricane” who ranked second in the Japanese player rankings.

He was now sitting in the conference room of the guild headquarters, gathering the guild executives.

“I think the Black Orcs are going to invade Korea soon, but they asked if they wanted to send troops. The Koreans asked for it to be sent first… Anyway, what I’m going to get as a reward is ‘Laputa’.”

Saying that, Kodo Kojiro smiled brightly, and the conference hall was filled with exclamations.

“Huh—Laputa!”

“Is that real?”

Now, this means that the Japanese government directly insisted on obtaining the right to use Laputa this time. In other words, if they participated in the dispatch, a large rice cake would fall. It’s also a very big cake… … .

Even Laputa is not the most valuable thing except for the world tree at this point.

“—Eh? So, will we be able to use Laputa’s functions too? Wow…”

“No, but is that possible? It’s just not a defense bluff, is it?”

“That’s right! There’s no way the Korean side would be willing to offer Laputa together, right?”

Koshiro Kodo smiled brightly at the appearance of the guild executives who were admiring and suspicious.

“The country looks like it’s going to collapse, but will Laputa take over? We should sell everything and prepare for war.”

Then some nodded their heads and muttered, ‘Well—’.

“And even if it’s not just a Laputa pass, will it unconditionally be of great benefit to us?”

“Oh— what else is there?”

“No, isn’t that history? It was decades ago. Is that… the Korean War? Anyway, just like our country was able to make great progress at that time. This time, we have a good opportunity.”

whiz–

At that moment, the screen in front of the conference hall came down, and the screen turned on and a satellite image appeared. It seemed to be a gathering place for the Black Orcs… … The number of people gathered in one place was estimated to be a whopping 13,111.

This time, an exclamation with a different meaning explodes. It was a lament mixed with fear. If the A.N Guild was to send troops, it meant that I had to face them in the end, so I had no choice but to worry.

“In this war, whoever wins, Korea will be exhausted and the Black Orc Kingdom will suffer a great blow.”

At Koshiro Kodo’s words, a man with a pair of glasses stepped forward to help.

“Yes, it will happen. Even if Korea has blocked the 4th wave and a newcomer named Hyun-wook Lee has appeared, an all-out war with Black Orcs will inevitably destroy the entire country.”

So, no matter how the war unfolds, Korea will unconditionally fall.

Also, the Black Orc Kingdom, the biggest threat, will go into hibernation for a while.

In other words, in general… … The opportunity for Japan to seize the hegemony of Northeast Asia is coming.

“They’ve been so lucky lately… I think they used a fortune that didn’t fit the fraction. Haha—”

Koshiro Kodo opened up without hesitation about slandering Korea.

In fact, he had no feelings of love until recently.

‘No, I wasn’t even interested in that country… .’

But Lee Hyun-wook… … It seems to have changed a lot since I met that man.

‘Lee Hyun-wook, when I think of that unlucky face… … I can’t sleep.’

He did not forget the humiliation of the last .

This time, I was planning to return the shame several times.

He stood up and spread his arms out.

“Everyone, every ‘war event’ comes with multiple quests, meaning the rewards are huge.”

Koshiro Kodo was already excited at the thought of causing a hurricane in the heart of downtown Seoul.

“-ruler! Please prepare to earn a lot of experience and items on this huge opportunity!”

There were people all over the world who looked forward to the invasion of Korea by the Black Orc Kingdom.

It was the same across the Pacific Ocean in the Americas.

The city of Detroit, Michigan, once developed as an automobile industry, but fell apart when the automobile industry collapsed. But recently, it was once again prospering as an ‘item logistics base’.

In addition, the future of Detroit City was tinged with pink color as the non-process production plant of , a magical mobility company run by Gordon Price, was scheduled to be built.

Even so, a limousine was passing through this rough town, which was still unsafe.

“Ha… I hope war breaks out in Korea soon.”

There were two large men in the back seat.

“You mean you’re bored because this city isn’t what it used to be? Too clean isn’t good.”

As the big guy with short hair and sunglasses complained, the bearded guy next to him grinned.

“Will, you bastard! Did I say you can get bigger if you let go of that asshole?”

“No, hyung, do you like this boring neighborhood? Trolls walked around that alley a while ago!”

These were the so-called ‘Pit Bull Brothers’, the best tank players in the eastern United States.

Among them, his older brother, Harry Bernard, was widely known as the “Red Berserker”.

“Look, it looks like you’ve been drinking and wrestling with the trolls while demolishing a building that you’ve broken in half.”

“Ah, one more of my memories is disappearing like this… Why is the time moving so quickly…”

At that moment, a woman’s voice came out of the speaker mounted in the car.

– Harry, Chairman has confirmed the schedule. In the next 52 hours, the ‘war’ will begin.

The ‘war’ referred to here was the invasion of Korea by the Black Orc Kingdom.

However, the strange thing was that he spoke as if he was sure of the start time of the war.

“Oh, only two days left?

“Thank you, Haley, so when can we go back to Korea?”

– According to the current plan, 84 hours later, at 8 am on the 19th, the non-aircraft fleet supported by our company will depart from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, so please note and prepare.

“Well, then, do you have about three days to spare? Then, in the meantime, do some maintenance—”

“By the way, Haley, the Chairman said he would give you a new item, where is it?”

“Hey, please, be a gentleman? Are you going to rush through this expensive car and ask for a gift box?”

“Brother, I assure you, our bloodline will not contain a single drop of noble blood.”

At that moment, the back seat of the limousine clicked open. It was a secret safe mounted on the car.

– Check that suitcase. This is the Chairman’s gift for this operation.

“Five-!”

shudder—

William Bernard opened the suitcase and put his hand inside the subspace pocket inside.

Then he suddenly pulled out something, which was a giant axe.

No matter how much a limousine it was, when I took it out of the car, I inevitably had no choice but to stab the seat.

wisdom—

– Please, use company assets sparingly.

“I’m sorry, Haley, but a hero-grade axe… that would be pretty useful, wouldn’t it?”

They smiled brightly when they received a gift from their superiors in preparation for this war.

“Hyung, who was that, that Korean bastard… Was it Steelein?”

“Yeah, he said he’s been beaten up a lot by that kid, but we’ll see each other soon.”

“By the way, you said you wanted a damn big sword he had, right?”

Harry Bernard nodded at that.

“Yeah, I figured it out, was it Mowglay? I’m somehow drawn to that big sword.”

“Uhh- bro, did you know that Mexican twin had a thinking face just now?”

“This kid… yeah, frankly, I think it’s pretty much the same.”

Harry Bernard used a large sword the size of a human torso as his main weapon.

However, the moment I saw Lee Hyun-wook dealing with ‘Mowglay’ on the news, I fell in love.

“When the moment of Order 66 comes, the Big Dick will be in your brother’s hands.”

Even if it wasn’t, Harry Bernard was going to stare at Mowglay.

By the way, it’s order 66… … He shook his head as if he couldn’t stop it.

“Don’t call this operation by such a nonsensical nickname. Someone might notice, right?”

“Then he’ll be Obi-Wan Kenobi! Uh-huh— wouldn’t that be pretty fun too?”

In this way, the whole world was waiting for the war to be fought in Korea with different intentions.

***

At this moment, the world’s attention was focused on Chinese media. The reason was simple. It was because they were being invited by the Black Orc Kingdom to live on the ‘troop assembly point’.

In other words, the Black Orc Kingdom was using human media for propaganda purposes.

– [Breaking News] The Black Orc Kingdom Departure Ceremony will be broadcast through China’s public broadcaster (1 report)

– The Black Orc Kingdom uses China’s public media to promote the war with Korea, what’s the purpose?

It was bound to be quite a shocking event for mankind.

It meant that the monster, which was considered barbaric, started to carry out political tactics…

Anyway, Chinese media officials were mixing in the Black Orc Corps and broadcasting.

For them, it would have been too great an opportunity to abandon them due to human antipathy towards monsters.

“Everyone, if you look down from here, you can see the Black Orc Legion at a glance!”

Liu Yuan, a Chinese internet broadcaster, climbed onto the roof of a building with his broadcasting team.

Meanwhile, to their left and right, Black Orc warriors were standing with their weapons in their hands, as guides and guards.

Their bloody eyes are familiar now, and Liu Yuan was skillfully broadcasting.

“Huh… look at that. Really, honestly, I feel tired.”

Thousands of savage flags flutter wildly along the mounds at the edge of what was once a vast ecological park, but now it has been turned into a swampy vacant lot, a place called the ‘Assembly Ground’.

Whoa—!

Beneath them, tens of thousands of slaughter machines are waving their weapons and shouting.

“As far as I know, I’ve heard there are about 15,000 or so now!”

15,000, if you look at the general army, it could be seen as a trivial number.

However, the average level of a Black Orc soldier is estimated to be a whopping 53.

In other words, it was a division-level force composed of C-grade 2nd and 3rd tier players.

This could be seen as an overwhelming force that does not exist in any other country.

After focusing the scene for a while, Liu Yuan signaled the cameraman to take a picture of his stomach.

Slowly rising camera focus, a little further away, and a forest of buildings turned into ruins are captured.

“See that over there? As I showed you before, the Wyvern flies like a flock of crows.”

Hundreds of wyverns sitting in a row on that gray skyscraper line… … .

Kee——Ke-e–

It was like a flock of crows perched on a wall. It’s such an unrealistic scene. But if you take a closer look… … Soon after, he “recognizes” the reality and instinctively cools down the conversation.

“I don’t know if this feeling of intimidation, as if in a tiger cage, will be transmitted through the camera.”

He shook his head and opened his mouth again with a sad expression on his face.

“Renewingly, I feel that our senior players in China are amazing. To have fought three wars with these monsters, and even attacked them… Although the restoration of Shanghai was unsuccessful, it is a great thing.”

In fact, it could be said that China was between the Black Orc Kingdom and the Cheoncheon Ji-su.

But now, in this situation, they were arousing a strange sense of pride.

China was greatly weakened in the aftermath of the Shanghai Restoration War following the Second Wave.

It is evaluated as the worst offensive operation, but within China, it is not a failure, but a noble battle fought on behalf of mankind, and is propagated under the leadership of the Communist Party.

Even Black Orcs believe that they are afraid of the Chinese from their experience, so rumors are spreading that they are attacking Korea without targeting Chinese soil.

That was then.

Whoa—!

All the Black Orcs in this place all started shouting and stomping their feet at once.

“… … Uh, can you hear me? Go, all of a sudden the orcs started to resonate!”

The cameras placed here and there moved all at once towards somewhere.

“Look over there! Another horde of Wyverns is flying, and Black Orcs are on it!”

In the northern sky, there were black shadows flying in groups.

Among them, one of the largest Wyverns landed on the ‘podium’ in the center of the troop gathering area.

thud–!

“Is the Black Orc sitting over there… the King Stoneox?”

During the last Shanghai Restoration War, there were orcs of the ‘Boss Monster’ class who boasted of their dignity.

King Stonox, warrior leader Sumac, and shaman Dieble were called the ‘Three Great Black Orcs’.

“Ah! Dieble! The mist created by his spell came rushing to Suzhou City, causing great damage!”

One of the three great black orcs stood on the podium.

This was a scene with great significance.

“He’s on the podium! Is he trying to announce the start of a war? Just like in a movie, doesn’t a high-ranking person come out and give a boosting speech before the troops go out?”

A large black orc covered in black skin, and around his neck was a necklace tied with a skull.

As he raised his hand, the Black Orc corps, who were making a fuss, were silent all at once.

“… … Now, let’s hear what he’s going to say.”

On the podium, Debble walked on his hood and slowly opened his mouth.

Thanks to some kind of magic, that voice is amplified very loudly.

“We— Across the Sea— Swallow a Little Land of Humans—”

A fierce shout breaks out at that straightforward declaration.

“We— take the aerial city— reclaim the relics of our ancestors—”

This time, even the Black Wyverns spread their wings all at once and screamed.

“We—finally— rule this world—”

That was the end.

At first glance, it was just a simple, ignorant speech with no particular content.

Whoa—!

However, thanks to the shouts of the Black Orc Corps that follow, a truly daunting scene is completed.

Soon, Liu Yuan’s face was focused.

His face was pale blue.

He hesitated as if nervously, then opened his mouth.

“I, I’m still not ranked 291 in the Chinese player rankings? I dare say something…”

At that time, behind his back, hundreds of Wyverns soared at once, casting a thick shadow.

“… Koreans, it may not be good to fight back. You will lose.”

He shook his head strongly.

“If these forces land on Korean soil, what can you do to stop them?”

He shouted as if he was engrossed in his feelings and appealed.

However, since all the viewers felt the emotions he felt, few objected.

In fact, no one, the Koreans, sympathized with Liu Yuan’s words.

The fear that the catastrophe will sweep away everything it loves… … In Korea, I couldn’t help but feel it.

That was then.

hey hey–

A sharp sound from somewhere—

“……!”

Liu Yuan shouted at this, but his voice was silenced.

The roar that ripped through the sky silenced even the Black Orcs Legion.

All living things in this place instinctively raised their heads.

“……”

Dark clouds covered the sky, a sharp sound resounding from beyond, and quickly approaching.

——!

A single ray of brilliance—it pierces the dark clouds and strikes vertically.

Even where Diebel stands, on the gigantic podium, exactly—

Wh-uh-uh-uh-uh–!

The overwhelming force applied to one point, the ground at the edge sways and rises.

Whoa-ah-ah-ah-ah–!

A wave of earth, a catastrophe that deserves to be called so, rises to a height of several tens of meters.

And it swept away the Black Orcs that were close together.

That wasn’t the end.

A powerful shock wave bursts from the place where the flash is struck, deep in the ground.

Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu–!

It sublimates into an earthquake and shakes everything in the area to the root.

“… … uh? What, what!”

The moment the shock wave like that storm arrived, Liu Yuan put a magic shield over his body.

“Uh-huh!”

Still, my body floated up and I rolled over the floor and got up.

“Damn, this is it, what kind of lightning bolt…”

He shook his head to shake off the beeping tinnitus.

Then, the cameraman who staggered right in front of him stood up.

“Fuck, come to your senses!”

In order not to lose viewers, the broadcast must continue even in this situation.

“Damn— no, don’t take pictures of it!”

“Yes?”

“Sky, it’s the sky! That’s right, over there!”

Intuitively, he found the scene he needed to capture on camera at this moment.

Where the attack came from — there’s something in that overcast sky.

“Wow, everyone, now… something flew into the sky!”

His dazed eyes peered through the dark clouds that filled the sky.

“So, someone attacked the Black Orc corps… preemptively!”

And that first blow was definitely successful.

“Uh, maybe he’s dead Dieble!”

It didn’t make sense for that powerful boss monster to die in such vain.

However, after being hit by that mysterious blow, the podium completely disappeared.

What remained of that place was a huge pit… … It was only a meteorite.

“I can’t understand either. What’s going on…”

But the Black Orcs began to respond skillfully.

Although he could not have expected the attack at this moment, it was not that he was not prepared.

“Wow—dozens of shamans appear to be casting massive defensive spells!”

There must have been hundreds of shamans in this place alone,

They all raised their hands in unison and began to memorize a certain spell.

Whoa—!

Then, black smoke rises up in a fuss and tangles here and there, creating a huge ‘dome’.

blah blah blah–!

“Huh! Have you ever seen such a huge defense magic?”

In the blink of an eye, the gigantic dome covered the entire staging area.

It’s like walking into a dome stadium… … No, it was several times larger than that.

However-

hey hey–

That sharp sound echoed again.

The disaster will come again.

“Huh! It’s flying again! Wow, will the Dom be able to stop——”

Liu Yuan shouted out loud, but his voice was still buried.

However, only the scenes captured by the camera are effectively delivered to the viewers.

What I thought was a flash of light at first, revealed itself the moment it touched the dome’s shield.

that… … Surprisingly, it was a sword.

I can’t help it———

The sword strikes the dome—stretching the surface of the dome and digging inward.

It’s like a scene where a finger is strongly squeezing a plastic film.

That is, the moment it reaches a certain critical point… … Your finger will pierce the plastic membrane.

Wow—-!

Right, like this… … .

“Ah—it breaks!”

Eventually, the huge dome crumbles down.

“Uh, wait a minute! If this happens, the Black Orc Legion…”

It was as if he had been exposed defenselessly to the attacks pouring down from the sky.

Whoa–!

All cameras focused on the overcast sky in the roar of fury that shook the ground,

Soon, it began to descend slowly as if something had subsided from the dark clouds.

“Ah…….”

It’s the world’s most famous airship… … It was Friedwen.

Dozens of metal boxes then appeared on the periphery, breaking through the dark clouds, and embroidered in the sky.

woo woo woo–

And among those countless war weapons, there is only one person standing still.

I could tell without zooming in on his face.

Who is the only man who can bring about this phenomenon?

“Steel Lane—!”

Immediately afterward, his left hand fell toward the ground.

Steel eating player chapter 124