A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 196



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Steel eating player chapter 196

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Hyunwook Lee was sitting in Laputa’s Order Tower.

On a large table, where his gaze was directed, a map of the Indian Ocean was spread out as a hologram, and the location of the vessel was marked with a red dot on it… … There was not a single red dot floating on the sea.

Currently, dozens of ships from all over the world that came to the Korean Peninsula carrying all kinds of materials were stranded at the port.

A few hours ago, as many as three ships and three frigates were attacked and sunk in succession by unidentified, and there was no survivor.

With such a terrifying thing happening, what captain would want to cross the vast ocean? Even if there was a yangban with such stubbornness, the sailors would throw him out of the sea and turn the boat around.

In other words, supplies were paralyzed before the war.

This incident became a big issue in less than a day, and as influential media outlets around the world reported it, it began to spread in such a way that there was a setback in preparations for war with the Demon King.

– War supplies bound for Korea… … Even before the start of the war, I was able to get one and go in… … .

– One after another, ominous signs… … Can humanity survive?

Even if it wasn’t, as the news that the Demon King appeared all over the world and subjugated the monsters was heard, anxiety was increasing.

Although the fact that Lee Hyun-wook was preparing to respond to the demon king was being widely publicized, it was going badly on the surface, so doubts and worries were bound to arise.

It was the same feeling as the instinct of the protector.

‘But let’s make the mood reverse soon.’

Lee Hyun-wook clearly saw through the enemy’s hand.

In his eyes, this was not a crisis, but an opportunity.

He looked at the holographic map again and said.

“Captain Lee, if you mobilize a large number of high-ranking wizards to measure the mana concentration at sea level, certain parts will be completely different. And those parts will continue like a road.”

– That’s an unidentified assailant… … So, is this a way to track down a crocodile monster called Leviathan?

Team leader Lee Kyo-jun’s voice came out of the mana messenger.

“Yeah, that’ll tell you where it’s going. And if you sprinkle ‘troll blood’ around it, you can lure the Leviathan… it should be at least 100,000 liters.”

– But the blood of a troll… … I don’t know where you got this information, but is it really reliable?

There was doubt in his voice.

Sure enough, this ship raid happened unexpectedly and unexpectedly.

But isn’t Lee Hyun-wook coming up with a solution as if he already knew everything?

Even if it was Lee Hyun-wook’s opinion, who had continued to see through the situation like Solomon and pulled out all kinds of items in a timely manner like a gadget detective, it was inevitable that he wanted to know the source of such a serious incident.

And Lee Hyun-wook had a cheat-like excuse for times like this.

“Yeah, Leviathan, you can tell because information about that monster is recorded in Laputa.”

– Ah… … Again, it is. Big, how far is Laputa… … Yes, the words are long.

This, of course, was not true.

But it was a story everyone believed in.

The reason Lee Hyun-wook knows the whole process is because the New Zealand guild that discovered and hunted Leviathan in his previous life produced a four-part documentary about their achievements.

And it was one of the must-watch teaching aids as a leader of an attack team who plans to set up a strategy.

– Then we’ll get as much blood as possible from the trolls.

“Yes, please. That will be the bait to attract him.”

Soon the ‘bait’ would be ready.

The next thing I needed was a ‘net’.

– We are also maintaining contact with Lee Seong-yun and Jung-ryeong. For both sides to arrive, uh… … About 7 hours left.

Yes, the Water Spirit King and the Gravity Wizard Lee Seong-yoon. These two would be the ‘net’ role.

“Yeah, I’m going to write ‘World Bridge’ and go there around that time, so please pass it on to the two of you as well.”

– Yes, then I’ll prepare.

Operation aka “Moby Dick” began.

‘Now, the last thing you need is a way to stop breathing.’

In other words, a ‘harpoon’ was necessary.

However, it had not been properly secured yet.

‘Still, it’s actually in my hands.’

Lee Hyun-wook cut off communication with team leader Lee Kyo-jun and checked his watch.

‘Now 11 minutes… … .’

Finally, 11 minutes later, a hero is elected.

A harpoon would be secured with him.

Lee Hyun-wook turned his head and looked at the TV.

– Now, after about ten minutes, who the hero is!

An anchor of a broadcast was raising his voice, just like during the presidential election, each broadcaster was broadcasting with a special program related to ‘electing a hero’.

– Now, the strongest candidate for the hero is Steel Lane, Lee Hyun-wook! However, many players have argued over his qualifications, but there were also quite a few unexpected answers, right?

– Yes that’s right! Now, with only ten minutes left until the election of the hero, we have collected interviews of players who made unexpected choices. Well, let’s see it together!

Soon the screen turned, and Alain Giam appeared.

– I support Steelein. And now, as we all know, we are helping more than anyone else. I can tell you that I am fueling a train called Steelein.

He was making a series of remarks in support of Lee Hyun-wook, who is now fully Lee Hyun-wook’s man.

‘Okay, I’m looking forward to what you’ll ask me this time.’

To Hyun-wook Lee, Alain Giam was a goblin or goblin that lays golden eggs.

Before cutting through the belly of such a being, he pretended to be trustworthy by contacting Alain Giam several times a day.

And yesterday, he invited Laputa to serve food and sprinkled the ground rice properly, but as it was a space called Laputa that had been veiled up until now, he could not hide his pleasant feeling.

‘If you pull this slowly, it will bring you more and more golden eggs.’

The next person on the screen was none other than DS, Edward Woods.

– I also think that Steel Lane is the best choice for the hero’s perk. If so… … I’m sure he’ll do just fine.

Another man standing next to him was Koshiro Kodo, the Japanese ‘Hurricane’.

The two seemed to be preparing their own response in Tokyo, but Koshiro Kodo nodded as well.

– Well, I don’t trust Lee Hyun-wook that much, but I think he’s the only one right now. … … Whatever it is, the World Quest is our top priority.

Unlike Edward Woods, who maintains a poker face, he could not hide his nervous expression, but he seemed to have made a rational decision.

‘But it’s clear that they’re not villains, so it will be a big help if we do it together.’

In his opinion, the problem was that we were both too proud of ourselves.

But now it seems that the order has been perfectly arranged, and it doesn’t seem like it won’t hold and sag in the crotch like it did before.

Even influential players who directly collided with the name Stilane insisted that he should become a ‘hero’.

That is, if you think rationally, you can know that you are a unique candidate.

A few more interviews followed, and then the screen went back to the studio.

– Now, 60 seconds left!

It was a tense moment, like just before the exit poll of the presidential election was announced.

– Five! buy! three! this! Work! Come on!

At that moment, a line of system messages appeared in front of players around the world.

– (!) A hero has been elected to oppose the Demon King!

***

Hyun-wook Lee checked the system message that appeared in front of him.

– Congratulations! You have been honored as the one and only ‘Hero’ who will oppose the Demon King.

At that moment, I felt a strange energy envelope my body.

“after…….”

This was power. Unspeakable powerful power… … I felt a strange and intense feeling as if a hot snake was riding on my body and seep into it.

– The event buff ‘Brave Privilege’ is being applied.

1) All stats are greatly increased. (+200%)

2) Resistance to all status abnormalities increases. (+100%)

3) You can ignore the Demon King’s special barrier.

The option of the ‘event buff’ called this hero’s privilege was truly enormous. As far as Lee Hyun-wook knew, there was no single buff or achievement more powerful than this.

‘… … A 200% increase is a whopping 3 times increase.’

And in addition to this, the achievement effect was also applied, because the invasion of the demon king was also classified as a war event.

With that, another 50% increase is applied.

‘… … This is a 250% increase in ability of 3.5 times the total. And it all overlaps.’

therefore… … .

– Current steerable metal weight: 308,441 kg

A total of 308 tons.

Hyunwook Lee took out an AD-2 from his wrist engraving, and summoned 4 Mowglays one after another from within.

Woong— Woong— Woong— Woong—

He gave all four moglays metal control at the same time.

‘Before, due to lack of control over the metal, we had to maintain the mass release of the remaining three except the first Mowglay in three stages.’

aka No. 1 Mowglay, the most powerful one is 100 tons. And No. 2 Mowglay: the original was 50 tons, the other 3 to 4, and the replica 25 tons each.

In other words, 200 tons of metal control was required to handle these four sacks in 4 stages at the same time, so for a while, only one moglay had to be operated.

‘Now I can wield it to my heart’s content.’

In front of Lee Hyun-wook, four mogleys lined up side by side.

Just by moving a short distance, the wind blew due to its enormous mass.

‘… … This is 4 harpoons.’

No matter what weapon he used, there would be no harpoon more suited to slaying a giant sea monster.

‘But this alone may not be enough, so I have prepared something special. I was going to use it to shoot down the Death Flower… … I’m going to have to try it out now.’

Hyun-wook Lee raised his head and flicked his finger towards Talos’s ‘speaker’ hanging from the ceiling.

“Master, do you have any instructions?”

“Now, contact the institute and tell them that you will mobilize the project .”

He was also researching ways to use this moglay better ‘magically’.

The goal is to shoot down the flower of death… … .

A prototype of the terrifying project had been completed.

“Yes, I understand! And I am waiting for a mana communication from Director Woo Seong-moon, shall we connect right away?”

“Um? Why is Chief Woo… Yeah, connect.”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded, and Woo Seong-moon’s voice came out of the speaker.

– This is Woo Seong-moon.

“Yes, Chief, what’s going on?”

– First of all, the hero’s privilege… … I don’t know if I should celebrate that. It’s packed well in many ways, isn’t it actually a VIP seat in Saji?

“Haha— I think you have a good weapon, though.”

– I’ll do my best to collect the ammunition for that weapon. However… … It’s a piece of information we just received, and it is said that an item has been delivered to top players from around the world.

“Yes?”

– However… … The name of the item is ‘The Demon King’s Invitation’.

About 30 minutes later, Lee Hyun-wook was able to receive one of the Demon King’s invitations secured by Director Woo Seong-moon.

[Item information]

– Name: Demon King’s Invitation (Special)

– Effect: When you infuse mana here, you will be moved to the secret space. (However, it may be rejected.)

‘What the hell is the purpose of this? … .’

Hyunwook Lee looked at the item for a while, but could not find any additional information.

At that time, I was able to obtain additional information through the TV.

– Oh, I just got the news! A number of unspecified media outlets around the world are saying they have received a message from the Demon King. The same goes for our MBS.

Lee Hyun-wook frowned and approached the TV.

– To summarize, as a player from another dimension, he did not intend to destroy this world, but rather, he has been improving in the right direction!

“… … What are you trying to do?”

– And he says he’s recruiting players to follow him… … He emphasized that he could grant a special privilege called ‘title’. I don’t know what this is

Lee Hyun-wook noticed what the Demon King’s masterpiece was.

‘… … They are trying to cause division.’

With Lee Hyun-wook as the center, the entire earth entered combat mode, and it was a psychological operation to shake up even a little.

And it seemed to work to some extent.

– Merciful Demon King? Can we trust the game’s system messages? The rise of fundamental skepticism… … .

– If the Demon Lord is a player, controlling monsters is revolutionary.

– Some raid experts have already tilted the board. “As shipping is blocked, preparations for war will be hindered.”

– One after another pessimistic prospects that mankind cannot withstand the power of the demon king’s monster corps…

Again, negative articles started pouring in.

Lee Hyun-wook’s preparations for war went very smoothly, but there was no way the whole world knew about it.

That said, he was not a businessman, and even if the world’s expectations were lowered, he could not open a promotional event to let them know that they were in good health, and they could not reveal the secret weapons they were preparing.

On the other hand, the demon king’s track was clear, and the news characteristics emphasized negative information more… … It was perhaps natural that the scales of the world gradually leaned toward confusion and despair rather than fighting spirit or hope.

But just because the world turned negative doesn’t mean you lose the battle. So I tried not to pay attention… … .

‘… … The subject of giving me that title is offensive.’

As the Demon King is also a player, there is a high possibility that he received the ‘Demon King Special’ in this world quest.

If so, it was reasonable to assume that the ‘title’ was also one of the quest goals.

‘Every time you dazzle more players, you might get some kind of buff, so you can’t just look around.’

Of course, the vast majority of players wouldn’t make such a stupid choice. But, wouldn’t there be some people who are socially misfits or dark-hearted?

Just as in the old days, when the terrorist organization called IS was at its peak, crazy people from all over the world appeared to join the group.

And at the same time, an amazing promotion was being prepared.

About thirty minutes later, a mana message came from Team Leader Lee Kyo-jun.

– Chick 一 Now, the location of the Leviathan has been discovered. And the Water Elemental King and the Gravity Wizard are preparing to cast a net on the field.

“Yeah, I’ll be right there.”

And then, Kang Hee-seol was sent by Mana.

– Now, another masterpiece of my project: The prototype of the project has been loaded into Friedwen! Because this draws mana from Fridwen’s engine, activating it will cause Fridwen to pause. And since we need to preload projectiles, please tell us when you load Moglay!

“Yeah, I’m going now.”

I was thinking of sending out a public service advertisement that would raise awareness about what would happen to the world if I fell for the whispers of the demon king.

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