A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 152



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Steel eating player chapter 152

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Inside the hidden stage, the members of the Hope Guild stood at the edge of the huge void.

It was as if they were gathered together like cats in a corner, unable to come or go.

The reason was that a black dragon was crouching about 100m away.

An existence that freezes players just by the atmosphere without any movement… … .

“Huh…de, dragon… wouldn’t it be a big deal if he woke up?”

One of the guild members raised a voice of concern. It was not that he was unaware that Lee Hyun-wook had attacked the Black Dragon earlier, but suddenly encountering a dragon in such a narrow place was a completely different situation. If he breathes dragon breath… … Is there no room to escape?

However…….

“… … At first glance, it looks like it’s already dead, doesn’t it?”

Park Jun-mo whispered next to him. As he said, the dragon did not show any movement.

And Lee Hyun-wook’s eyes—the Insight lens didn’t detect anything.

And, decisively, it looked like he had died without a hitch with a sword stuck in his back.

‘If that kind of sword isn’t a popular accessory among dragons, it’s already dead.’

As he got a little closer, Lee Hyun-wook was able to check the information about the sword with the Insight Lens.

“Uh, what…”

[Item information]

– Name: Balmung (Legend)

– effect

1) Chain of Suffering: A sword that contains many ghosts, and its existence alone inflicts a ‘curse’ on the whole area.

* If you can withstand this curse and suppress the ghosts, the sword’s true power will be unlocked.

3) Dragon Slayer: As the power to kill dragons, it ignores ‘some’ of the dragon’s powers.

Balmung, the protagonist of the Germanic epic , was known as Siegfried’s beloved sword. And it is identified with ‘Gram’ in and ‘Notung’ in .

‘… … And he is the most famous dragon slayer who kills the evil dragon Fafnir in Norse mythology.’

Then it was not unreasonable to speculate that the black dragon was the famous ‘Fafnir’,

In Lee Hyun-wook’s memory, Fafnir appears in Melbourne, Australia four years later, and makes Australia devastated.

‘At that time, Edward Woods mobilizes this balmung to receive and attack him.’

There was not one entrance to the ‘Hidden Stage’ like the entered in the past.

It was a method in which multiple dungeons with similar themes shared a single hidden stage.

In other words, it was as if Edward Woods from his previous life had found the entrance to this place from another dragon labyrinth.

In that respect, that unknown dragon was a decoration and an additional reward for Balmung.

‘By the way, I don’t know when he died, but he really looks like he’s just sleeping, right?’

In the first place, the corpse of a dragon about the size of a dragon could not be easily corrupted.

In other words, it was preserved in a very good condition, and the value as a material was considerable.

‘And when this happens… … You mean you caught two dragons, right?’

Now, how to use Aji Dahaka, Gray Dwarves and blacksmiths were researching.

As it is a whopping adult dragon, it was expected that hundreds of ‘dragon equipment’ could be produced.

Some experts compared this to Lee Hyun-wook’s ‘capture of the entire aircraft carrier’.

It meant that the value that could be extracted from a single adult dragon was astronomical.

At that time, a guild member who was closest to the black dragon’s body grabbed his chest.

“—Ugh!”

He took a step backwards, complaining in pain, and hurriedly ran towards the Priest.

Everyone stopped at the urgent movement, as if a person on fire was running towards the water.

“Hey, what is this! Suddenly, I’ve been cursed! Release this!”

At those words, everyone had no choice but to put on a puzzled expression.

“what?”

I was cursed out of nowhere… … Wasn’t there a foreshadowing of this?

However, the moment Lee Hyun-wook took one more step forward, a curse was placed on him as well.

– caution! You have fallen into the curse of Balmung, ‘The Ring of Pain (Level 1)’.

* Temporarily reduces all healing effects. (-10%)

* Temporary bleeding in various parts of the body.

* Temporarily decreases mental power, causing hallucinations and hallucinations.

In addition to that, a number of players who were on the same line began to complain of pain.

“Lee Hyun-wook, do you see that sword? The curse is flowing from there.”

Saying that was rude. As a paladin, she sensed the black energy emanating from the sword.

“stop-”

Lee Hyun-wook raised his hand and said, and the guild members hesitated and backed away.

“What, what?”

As long as there was a dragon in front of him, his fear of the unknown was inevitably deepened.

Lee Hyun-wook looked down at the translucent shimmer that engulfed his body, and then turned to Seo Eun-ha.

“Captain Seo, can you give me some healing effect? ​​I will draw that sword.”

At Lee Hyun-wook’s words, Seo Eun-ha did not hide her worried expression.

“… … Even at such a great distance, if it is a curse like this, it is impossible to use that sword directly.”

But to endure that curse, that would be Balmung’s ‘over handicap’.

“As long as I take ownership of that sword, I can handle it without having to wield it myself.”

Since Balmung is also metal, Lee Hyun-wook was able to ‘control’ the sword while staying away from the cursed realm.

According to Balmung’s item information, new skills will be unlocked if you overcome the curse.

But Lee Hyun-wook can’t overcome that curse, so he won’t be able to acquire that new skill.

‘Still, this wide-area curse effect can be used as a kind of biochemical weapon.’

Having such a tricky and bizarre over handicap was a good thing for Lee Hyun-wook.

‘From now on, it will be quite advantageous if you put it in the middle of the enemy line and start the battle… … .’

With that thought in mind, Lee Hyun-wook stepped on the tail of the black dragon’s corpse and climbed up on his back…

“ね!”

– caution! You have fallen into the curse of Balmung, ‘The Ring of Pain (Level 2)’.

* Temporarily reduces all healing effects. (-30%)

* Temporary bleeding in various parts of the body.

* Temporarily decreases mental power, causing hallucinations and hallucinations.

* Temporarily decreases the strength of the body. (-30%)

The closer you get to it, the darker the curse gets.

‘In this case, if you touch it directly or get stabbed… … That would be huge?’

After putting on rigid boots all over his body, Lee Hyun-wook carefully stretched out his hand.

And the moment you finally grab Balmung’s sack—

– caution! I fell into the curse of Balmung, ‘The Chain of Pain (3rd stage)’.

* Temporarily reduces all healing effects. (-40%)

* Temporarily ‘heavy’ bleeding all over the body.

* Temporarily, mental power is ‘significantly’ reduced, causing hallucinations and hallucinations.

* Temporarily decreases the strength of the body ‘significantly’. (-50%)

* All stats are reduced by ‘Demon’s Restraint’. (-20%)

Go-oh-oh-oh–

As if possessed by a ghost, black ghosts rose from the sword and surrounded Lee Hyun-wook.

Uh-huh——giggles——kyakyakya——

As if they smelled Lee Hyun-wook, they came closer and wrapped their whole body.

Every time that happened, the hardened skin oxidized with a crunching sound, and the bones in the joints ache.

As if wrapped around a giant anaconda, I felt cramped and pressured.

‘ね… … It is said that it is a cursed sword that has killed its owner several times in the epic… … .’

Perhaps it was the setting that all kinds of ghosts were inhabited, so they had such a deep curse.

A curse so thick that even the owner can eat it… … I had to overcome this, but I was able to use Balmung’s power.

– (!) caution! You do not have the strength to withstand this curse!

However, Lee Hyun-wook didn’t seem to have the conditions to overcome it, but he had no intention of overcoming it anyway.

‘You just have to take it with you!’

Blood flowed from his eyes and nose, and even internal bleeding broke out from his mouth.

“Damn, Hyunwook Lee! The curse is too strong! Stop it now!”

Eunha Seo, of course, and the Priests of the Hope Guild rushed in and continued to walk the heels.

Lee Hyun-wook’s body collapsed quickly, but with their help, he could barely hold on.

“Ugh——”

He clenched his teeth, concentrated the power that was gradually escaping to his left hand, and pulled it out.

Go-!

Soon, the sword that had been embedded in the dragon’s skin was pulled out. Then, a deeper curse flowed out, riding Hyun-wook Lee’s arm like a snake, turning into a green hand, and clutching the nape of his neck.

Wow!

“No! Let it go, then die—!”

Seo Eun-ha approached and shouted. She could sense that Lee Hyun-wook’s body was breaking down.

After a whopping three stages of curse, a number of evil spirits were attached to it and continued to inflict damage.

‘—Still, I can hold out!’

At that time, an AD-2 flew behind Lee Hyun-wook’s back.

“ね—!”

He struggled to lift his foot and tossed it into the lower part of AD-2—a subspace.

Uh–

At that moment, Balmung’s curse that had been weighing down on the area disappeared as if it had evaporated.

chee hee… … .

Black smoke rose from the left hand of Lee Hyun-wook, who was holding his foot.

“…Lee Hyun-wook, are you okay?”

Seo Eun-ha came closer, squeezed mana, and applied her strength.

“Yeah… Thanks to all of you, I made it through.”

He still had pain in every corner of his body, but Lee Hyun-wook was able to endure it.

He turned his head and said calmly to the guild members who were looking up at him.

“Now that the threat has been removed, let’s begin the search in earnest.”

They were members of the Hope Guild who had a blank expression for a moment, but soon got used to the work.

Such a sudden crisis and a sudden solution… … It wasn’t once or twice for the Hope Guild members.

After a while, he found a small box on one side of his wide pupil, and there was something inside.

[Item information]

– Name: Black Dragon’s Sari (Legend)

– Effect: Grants ‘Black Dragon’s Power’ to the item.

‘This is an orb that can have acidic properties, even to a legend level… … .’

Without having to think about it, it seemed appropriate to give this to the balmung that was just obtained.

‘Wait, but can blacksmiths handle balmung?’

Curse was given just by being nearby, so the work would not be smooth.

‘You’ll figure it out, well… … .’

However, he believed that those who worked tirelessly to turn the impossible into possible would do well.

“Boss, by the way, that guy, no matter how you look at it, it must be in the thousands of tons, so how do you carry it out?”

Jung-jun Lee asked, pointing to the black dragon. Hyunwook Lee was also thinking about it.

It was a whopping 67m, and I honestly wondered if it would be possible to drag that heavy being outside.

The first method that came to mind was the ’emergency return’ to Laputa using Friedwen.

However, since this is a ‘dungeon’, which is a different dimension from the real world, space movement skills are limited.

“… … First of all, I think we will have to drag it out.”

Lee Hyun-wook used all the metal he could mobilize to weave a wire to bind the black dragon’s body, and then he made a large iron plate that could mount the whole dragon and attached several sturdy wheels. If this large ‘pull car’ could hold on, the Living Armor would be able to pull it out somehow.

While Lee Hyun-wook was working on the project, the members of the Hope Guild were working on covering the stairs with iron plates.

“Huh… The labyrinth is generally high and wide, so I think it will pass well enough.”

After a while, let’s grab the wire by the 45 living armor and pull it… … .

Kugugugu——

A super-large steel tow truck carrying a 67-meter dragon began to move forward slowly.

“Oh— okay, okay!”

“Wow, is this happening?”

Then, when Lee Hyun-wook gave the pull-car itself metal control and gave it strength, it rolled better than expected.

‘This is the end. There is nothing more to be gained here.’

Thus, the labyrinth attack was completed perfectly.

And from now on… … .

‘… … It is time to respond to terrorism.’

***

At that time, two men were sitting in the VIP lounge of a hotel in Suwon.

“Hey, our CEO, what if you’re still back and forth! Huh?”

The man in the suit who said that was Hwang Yeon-su, director of the Joint Operations Department of the Guild Support and Cooperation Agency, and the middle-aged man with glasses he was facing was Lee Taek-soo, the master of , the largest guild in southern Gyeonggi-do.

And when the Taesan Guild collapsed, the Baekho Guild was a fairly large force that ranked third in the domestic guild rankings.

“haha… … Director Hwang, it’s because I’m getting older and my blood has gone down.

“No, Director Woo, are you still skeptical of seeing that person flying around the Taesan Guild?

At that, Lee Taek-soo licked his dry lips and avoided Hwang Yeon-soo’s gaze.

“Well, it’s not that we want to go our own way, we just say hello to our Commissioner from time to time, but he’s slowly starting to feel sad. Are you sure you’re close with Director Woo?”

Taeksu Lee waved his hand at that question.

“Ah-ah- It’s not that I like Director Wu either! Do you know what I mean?”

“Ah… our CEO, are you still afraid of Director Woo? So is that so?”

At that question, Taek-soo Lee said a big— and coughed in vain.

The consensus among players was that this man, Hwang Yeon-soo, would become a key figure in the next power. He is trying to take the place of Woo Seong-moon by overthrowing Oh Tae-moon, the head of the Guild Support Agency, who is currently the most influential presidential candidate.

But how many political players have been aiming for that position so far? Eventually… … Woo Seong-moon, the first chief executive, has been sitting there for ten years. Woo Seong-moon was such a firm image.

“Hey, honestly, it’s been years since I said that the old tiger’s teeth were slowly shaking, didn’t he? But, where did you pick up the little tiger named Lee Hyun-wook and start dancing again? How old is it? It’s a lie to say I’m not worried…”

Then Hwang Yeon-soo giggled and snapped her fingers.

“That’s great! Do you think you can plant that confidence today?”

“Oh… why? Is something big happening?”

“Well, CEO, let’s turn on the TV for a moment. It has a remote control.”

Then, Taeksu Lee picked up the remote control that was on the newspaper and turned on the TV news.

– … … Soon, Lee Hyun-wook, who completed the labyrinth attack, will appear in front of the camera.

“Oh, there it is. There will be news soon.”

At those words, Lee Taek-soo’s eyes turned into surprised rabbit eyes.

“Chief Hwang… did you make the sale for Lee Hyun-wook to send?”

“Huh? What do you mean? I don’t know.”

“Oh, yes! By the way, did I say nonsense?”

At Hwang Yeon-soo’s nurturing sense, Lee Taek-soo tapped my mouth and waved his hand.

“CEO Lee, you don’t even know how things will turn out in the world.”

He said so and sank into the sofa.

“And no matter how genius you are, if you don’t know what’s going on in the world, you’re just a kid.”

The biggest headache for seizing power in this country was no longer the dominance gate.

That very young blue player was controlling this country, perhaps the world.

Today, he intends to end the bastard and take everything he has.

***

Stilane, he’s finally out of the labyrinth.

Click- click- click- click-

“Lee Hyun-wook, did you succeed in conquering the labyrinth?”

“Hey, just one word please!”

A foreign reporter wearing a fedora came out from among the huge number of reporters chasing Lee Hyun-wook.

“Ha- what shutter press is harder than the trigger? Jenny, are the cleaners ready?”

He murmured in a low voice, and a voice came through the earphones in his ear.

– It’s 300m out now. It will arrive in about 3 minutes.

The truck carrying the ‘city cleaner’, the secret weapon to counter Lee Hyun-wook, was returning from waiting in another area. It was a natural move to avoid any possible surveillance.

“Okay, first of all, it is important to tie up the garbage so that it does not fly away.”

As he said that, he pressed the shutter toward Lee Hyun-wook, who was seen in the distance.

“Now, Link, start.”

At that moment, a female reporter threw the camera and took the wand out of her arms.

The moment she threw the wand towards Lee Hyun-wook, her left hand flew away.

Ta- ang–!

The sniper, who was hiding somewhere and guarding Lee Hyun-wook, responded quickly.

But she wasn’t all. A couple more reporters moved on, and soon… … .

Zeng——!

Link magic shot from somewhere exploded above Lee Hyun-wook’s head, and cold air poured down.

blah blah–!

In an instant, the whole face of Paldalsan froze like an ice age. The goal was definitely Lee Hyun-wook. His figure was covered with ice and disappeared, but there was no way he could die from that alone. It was just a waste of time.

“Now— Hit the mana force field!”

At that call, his men, who were disguised everywhere, stepped forward and took out their wands.

Zeng- Zeng- Zeng- Zeng–!

Violet beams of light they shot stretched up toward the sky and entangled with each other.

– A ‘multidimensional net’ is formed in the area. (Remaining time: 00:09:59)

A multidimensional web, within which the transformation of space—that is, space-transport magic—is limited.

Because Lee Hyun-wook is so new, he blocked his escape.

“—Okay! Now he can’t get out!”

He smiled triumphantly and threw the camera away.

“Cleaners, clean up the biggest mold in the country!”

He exclaimed with such awe, and pulled out two pistols from his arms.

‘I cut a hole in his neck.’

However… … .

“…cleaners, get started quickly!”

“Cleaners, answer me!”

– …….

“Hey, hey! Jenny, why aren’t you talking!”

They were the city cleaners team members who had to step in by now…

at that time-

Uh–

A shadow fell over his head.

He slowly raised his head… … .

What he had been desperately looking for was found there.

It was a truck, a truck with a city vacuum cleaner.

“Huh?”

It floated above his head like an airship.

The strange thing was that the driver’s seat was crumpled like aluminum foil.

“… … Are you looking for this?”

Then someone’s voice was heard.

That was Stilane’s voice. He was sitting on a truck floating in the air.

Awkward——!

As he moved his left hand slightly, the area around the driver’s seat became even worse.

“Um… it looks like a parcel sent to me, can I have it?”

That moment-

Whoa—-! Whoa—-!

“—Fuck!”

Two SUVs, and two completely crumpled SUVs, fell on either side of him.

They were the cars escorting that truck with the city vacuum.

And it was also the car on which the assassination team was boarded to end the disabled Lee Hyun-wook.

Lee Hyun-wook slowly descended toward the ground and stood in front of a man wearing a fedora.

“I’ll have to do a little cleaning too…”

He whispered softly, moved his left hand, and the two SUVs melted.

It crawled on the floor and stuck to the man’s leg with a fedora.

“… … I need you to tell me where the dirt is.”

Steel eating player chapter 152