A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 28



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Steel eating player chapter 28
Cheongdam-dong, Red Gate-1

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“······All, get off.”

A special attack platoon, including Lee Hyun-wook, got off the transport truck.

At that moment, some red light fell on their faces, and let’s turn our heads in that direction…

“Huh…….”

I was overwhelmed.

“”

The red crack was flaming like a demon’s eye.

“That…… Red Gate…….”

Before departure, they received information about the “Red Gate” from Lieutenant Eun-ha Seo and Myeong-ho Cheon, and some of the most basic “raid tactics” needed in the dungeon.

Of course, Lee Hyun-wook was a story he already knew, and he even knew a few more in detail.

“Huh…… I heard that it was a dungeon to play, and the smell of the beast is already vibrating somewhere.”

As Mintae Ahn said, a nasty smell came out.

It seemed that the glow that came out of the eruption was burned with flame magic.

Like this, the monster coming out of this gate is’Gnoll’.

Gnoll was smaller than Orcs, but larger than humans, and was a canine monster.

As such, it has a very resilient physical ability.

‘And above all, there are quite a lot of numbers.’

That was the most troublesome.

It really crawls out like a common “dog swarm”.

The company commander Captain Yong-jun Kwak and the first platoon commander Lieutenant Taek-ham Lee stepped down from the military car that arrived.

“Uh, guys, have you finished getting off?”

“Yes, I’m ready.”

“Yes, let’s move.”

In fact, they had nothing to do with this operation, but they were kind of lead.

Still, they contact external organizations because the officer-level was in the forefront because the assortment was right.

“Isn’t there, AMT platoon?”

Upon arriving at the building construction site, a man in a black suit approached with a gloomy expression.

He seemed to be an employee of the Cheonghwa Guild.

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Yes, go over there.”

It is a joint strategy, but since this place is managed by the Cheonghwa Guild, we had to follow their control.

At the entrance to the construction site, several containers were laid.

They even had no place to sit, so they had to stand far and far with their weapons.

After all, from the beginning of the year, I was on cold rice.

“Hmm, guys, wait here for a minute, we have some work to see.”

Kwak Yong-joon and Lee Taek-ham, even the two executives disappeared somewhere.

Min-tae Ahn and Tae-yong Choi whispered as they looked at it.

“Well, company commander, doesn’t you seem to be acting suspiciously again?”

“Well, the fact that the company commander is hanging on Cheonghwa is already famous, isn’t it?”

“By the way, the line that even the 1st Platoon Commander will be there…… I heard that I was going to another battalion attack platoon commander this time, but are you already catching each of the entire platoons? Even so, everyone said that the captain was sweet….”

It should be said that it is like a kind of high-ranking public official going to an executive in a related industry after retirement, and AMT officers also frequently fell into civilian guilds before being promoted to major.

As Lee Hyun-wook remembers, Kwak Yong-joon entered the Cheonghwa Guild after the 4th wave.

It was a little bit like that from now on, but it was also an unavoidable judgment.

‘Since the 1st Battalion has become a virtually non-existent unit after the 4th wave….’

There was a solitary atmosphere, and a conversation began to be heard nearby.

“Hey, look at them over there.”

“Huh? Huh huh… Isn’t it AMT? Did you really come?”

They were players of the Cheonghwa Guild.

“……But what do they say they can do? Isn’t it an sergeant, and a soldier jumps in the attack?”

“I heard that these are the kids that the citizens kept during the Seoul Station and the Dome incident?”

Someone snorted at that.

“Hah, that really sucks them on TV and the Internet these days, but honestly, we’re just lucky. Common sense, what help they say we can’t do, really….”

It seemed that it was the Cheonghwa Guild attack team that would enter the gate together.

By the way, to talk behind the scenes outright like this…

I didn’t expect a warm welcome, but I couldn’t help but feel bad.

The AMT crew rolled their uneasy eyes because they were desperate for nothing.

And then…

“Uh, what is it? Hey! Are you not Mintae Ahn?”

One of the guild members who talked about the story shouted like that,

Mintae Ahn turned his head with an embarrassed expression.

“······uh?”

“Hey, that’s great! How do I meet you here?”

The young man came up with a happy face.

However, the outfit was very…

From head to toe, and from wrist to finger, everything was luxury.

In addition to the piercings that cover the ears…

It wasn’t appropriate for the attack operation, but it was a very common case.

There were quite a few people who couldn’t control the desire to show off as they were treated as stars, but when I entered that kind of social media, there were many photos taken in front of the gate.

“Hey, hey, are your uniforms cool?”

“······Ah, Tae-seop. A long time.”

Mintae Ahn, who answered, wasn’t a cheerful voice as usual.

It didn’t seem like they were very happy.

By the way······.

“Hey, Lee Hyun-wook!”

It was Lee Taek-ham, the first platoon leader.

He beckoned to come this way.

“Now the operational meeting begins. You have to go in too.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

It’s a little wrong. It wasn’t’you too’, but in fact, it was okay to just enter Lee Hyun-wook.

“Ahn Min-tae, I am going to a meeting. I’m waiting with the kids.”

“Oh, yes…… I see.”

“Hey, it’s like that? Mintae, is that person your boss?”

Min-tae Ahn’s acquaintance asked, but Lee Hyun-wook went to the conference room without paying attention.

A screen and a simple table were placed in the space between the containers of the two buildings.

“······Hahaha, of course, that is an area that Cheonghwa will take care of.”

I heard the voice of Captain Kwak Yong-joon, the company’s commander.

He was talking with the Cheonghwa Guild side with a nice smile, but he was…

‘······I’m harmful.’

It was natural for her to occupy one place for each of these tasks, as she was the head of the Seoul Strategy Office.

However, it was Yu Ha-na’s business card that Captain Kwak Yong-joon was politely holding with both hands.

‘True, Captain Kwak Yong-joon also got caught in a spider web.’

If you bite that bait carelessly, you would someday spill bloody tears.

At that time, Yu Hyeon-na found Lee Hyun-wook and smiled, and Kwak Yong-joon turned his head.

“Ah! Manager Yoo, this friend is the soldier in charge of the command of this special attack platoon. Not long ago, he also played an active part in the Seoul Station Unlucky Event, and although it is an F grade, he gained an increase in his ability with his achievements. Well, in many ways, he is a friend who is doing well these days. Hahaha-”

“Ah, achievements? Somehow······.”

At the introduction of Kwak Yong-joon, she nodded as if she knew why Lee Hyun-wook wasn’t F-rated.

As such, the “achievement system” was a sure excuse that anyone could easily pass over.

Soon the meeting began.

‘……It’s all useless.’

Issues such as operational overview, operational initiative, and distribution of profits were discussed.

For Lee Hyun-wook, who already knew everything, these were particularly nutritious stories.

And after about 20 minutes, the meeting ended.

“Okay, then I will start entering the gate in an hour. Please prepare by then.”

“Yes, we can go in anytime. When Cheonghwa is ready, just tell us.”

Captain Kwak Yong-joon shook hands with a bald man named Mr. Wen while serving as Billville.

Immediately after, when Lee Hyun-wook was about to leave…

“There, Corporal? Wait.”

Yu-na spoke separately.

Kwak Yong-joon also paused at her words and sat down.

However, when Yue-na gave an unpleasant gaze, she was forced to wake up with a sloppy expression.

Thus, only two people, Lee Hyun-wook and Yoo-na, were left.

“Sergeant Byeong-nim…… No, what should I call the commander of the special attack platoon now?”

She slowly crossed her legs in a chin-knit position.

“······It doesn’t matter.”

“Are you too hard? Anyway, seeing you again like this, I guess it’s our relationship.”

Anyway, not being there. It was a very dirty tangled relationship.

‘You kill Eun-ha Seo, and I kill you.’

Lee Hyun-wook swallowed such a word and made an expression asking what Yonggeon was.

“H-uh, you guys, you didn’t come because you wanted to come anyway, right?”

“What does his will need for a soldier to put in an operation?”

I don’t know about the military spirit, but I replied roughly.

“Well anyway, this is what I want to say. When you go inside the gate, you and your men are just … … on one side. Do nothing.”

She grinned with a proud look.

Then, with one hand on the table, he even tapped the table with his index finger.

Tok- Tok-

That posture and habit- It was the intentional expression of leisure and arrogance, and it was the habit of Yoo-na, who appeared when she wanted to show off her strength in front of the other person.

“······Well, even though we failed 3 times, we prepared enough to succeed without difficulty this time. You suddenly came out because you couldn’t beat the old man in the three-star alcove, right? I know everything.”

It’s a three-star alcove old man, that meant AMT Seoul Operation Commander, Jung-sik.

He said he knew about AMT’s internal affairs, and he secretly showed his strength.

“So, honestly, you wouldn’t have been properly trained, and it’s dangerous, right? I’ll look at the convenience. Even if you do nothing in the dungeon and come out, you will never know your superiors.”

This time, Lee Hyun-wook smiled.

“I, Manager Yoo?”

“I’m called Catherine.”

“Catherine, so…… what are you worried about?”

She tilted her head.

“Yeah? Are you worried? What can we worry about?”

Lee Hyun-wook haha, with a subtle laugh and folded arms.

Then he leaned against his back.

In that appearance, Yu-na’s expression was slightly hardened.

“Ah…… It’s not the Cheonghwa Guild, are you thinking that we will catch the boss monster?”

Lee Hyun-wook provocated reversely.

Yu-na’s eyebrows wriggled.

At this place where his authority was clearly revealed, Lee Hyun-wook was ignored and provocative, but Lee Hyun-wook was only relaxed as if it didn’t work at all. He even took an arrogant stance on the contrary.

All of these aspects were inevitable to sharpen the heart of Yu Hyeon-na.

Lee Hyun-wook showed a light smile and noticed the cracks spreading unknowingly on her expression.

‘Of course, it’s easy.’

In her previous life, she touched her planting a lot and made her move in the desired direction.

Later, he became a ‘villan’ and turned quite cruel, but he is still just a strong and rich player, but he is a player with a slightly weird personality, not a villain who can’t hide his compassion.

“Foot, you’re going to catch the boss monster right now?”

“Absolutely. Isn’t that a target for that in the first place?”

Catching the boss monster, it meant attacking the dungeon itself, so if the AMT caught the boss monster first, it was prey on the face of the failed Cheonghwa Guild three times.

It’s an old man in the closet, and it’s something that General Sang-sik would be very pleased with….

“Ah, could that happen?”

“if so······.”

Lee Hyun-wook gazed at Hae-na’s eyes.

“······If I catch the boss monster, what will you do, Catherine?”

“······.”

“If that happens, can you give me what I want, among the rewards I get in the dungeon?”

It was another provocation.

There was a chill in Yushina’s eyes.

“What are you doing now, you want to bet with me?”

“Ah, is this going to happen…… Well, it seems that something has just been neglected, so it seems that there is something wrong with it. If you don’t want to do it, you don’t have to.”

There was no reason to reject a bet made with pride rather than a bet or material.

She laughed as if she was absurd.

“I’m sorry, you seem to have the guts and skills for an F-class, but… To be honest, I think you still don’t have a lot of eyes to see the world.”

Yushina lifted her index finger and pointed at her back.

“You’re looking at the list of our target team and betting this ridiculous bet, right?”

A dozen people gathered where her finger was facing.

It was the Cheonghwa Guild’s attack team to be put into the Red Gate attack this time.

“How about, don’t you know quite a lot of faces?”

As Lee Hyun-wook glanced over there, she looked upset.

“Three players out of the Top 100 Promising Players of the Year are right there.”

After three failures, it would have been a lot of effort, such as putting in a large number of prospects.

However······.

‘······I don’t know even one person.’

It was Lee Hyun-wook who had lived in the future, but even one of them could not be recognized.

That was natural.

Today, by entering the Red Gate, their fame ends.

Yu-na, who doesn’t know about it, said with a smile.

“Ha, have you ever been embarrassed?”

Again, it seemed that Lee Hyun-wook’s expression was misinterpreted.

“So, how, do you think you have changed your mind?”

“······.”

“Okay, if you want to bet, do it. Instead, you lose…”

She stood up and looked down at Lee Hyun-wook.

“……You must come under me after being discharged.”

“······.”

“You said I liked it, didn’t you? Well, instead, no matter what position, no complaints, okay?”

“······.”

“If you think about it, any position would be lucky for you. Would you rather be me than an AMT soldier?”

He turned to the end and threw one more word.

“I guess I see you more often, we~”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded, looking at her back.

‘As you said, you must be lucky to me.’

I was in trouble as to what item to ask for.

***

“Ahn Min-tae, why is your expression?”

“Ah… no.”

After going to the operation meeting, the expressions of Ahn Min-tae and other members of the special attack platoon were not good.

Of course, I had been in tension from before that, but now I was somewhere in the dark.

And the Cheonghwa Guild’s attacking teams giggling in the back….

‘The guy came and ruined the atmosphere before.’

When Lee Hyun-wook wasn’t there, it seemed like a bad situation had happened.

I questioned Ahn Min-tae several times and heard what happened.

As expected, it was Tae-seop or something, that guy was the problem.

“······Just, literally, they just slipped away from their pride, saying they were well.”

Archer player Kim Tae-seop, who covered his whole body with that luxury and expensive item,

He is the motive of Ahn Min-tae and the player training camp, and he is said to have even been from the same squad.

“······The day that child was chosen by the Cheonghwa Guild, of course, I did not receive any choice. That’s why I’m here… That’s why I’m excited to see me like this.”

After completing the player training center, we met after a very long time, but when we encountered such a gritty relationship, Kim Tae-seop was very excited and hurried to go.

“Ha, it’s refreshing, but I’m really pissed off. Being neglected like this…”

“Hey, calm down and think about targeting the dungeon, and when you die, it’s pride and nothing remains.”

“······Yes, I’m sorry. I will wake up.”

Mintae Ahn swept her face with her palm.

Like this, one side was wearing a combat uniform, while the other was adorned with luxury goods.

It was a relative deprivation, a situation in which I had to feel such feelings.

Two such teams soon faced the gate and lined up side by side.

“Now, the Cheonghwa Guild is going to enter first, so please prepare.”

The staff of the Cheonghwa Guild controlled the current situation.

At that time, Gibb Tae-seop slowly approached Ahn Min-tae’s side.

“Loyal! Corporal Ahn Min-tae! Hahaha!”

He laughed and tapped Ahn Min-tae on the shoulder.

“Hey, Mintae, you know that you have to protect yourself in front of me just like in the training camp, right?”

“okay······.”

“If you are a soldier, you have to risk your life to protect the people, right?”

“······.”

“Honestly, if I get hurt even a little this time, am I not entitled to a salary in taxes? Recognition?”

“I knew…”

Ahn Min-tae repressed his anger and nodded at the tantrums passing by.

But then…

“······Ouch!”

Kim Tae-seop suddenly screamed and grabbed my left arm.

“Huh? Why is this suddenly happening?”

His colleagues approached in surprise.

“Ouch! What, what? Poetry, the clock is weird!”

“Huh? Why is the watch? Is it broken? That’s a 30 million won watch!”

“······Ah, no! Suddenly the clock just tightens its arms!”

It was a ridiculous sound, so everyone was stunned at the moment.

“Wow, are there any acupressure functions in luxury watches these days?”

When Lee Hyun-wook naturally asked, laughter broke out everywhere.

Even the Cheonghwa Guild attack team members giggled.

“What? What are you saying….”

“Hey, hey, Kim Tae-seop, that’s it, so come here right now.”

Kim Tae-seop stared at Lee Hyun-wook, but the situation didn’t get serious as Cheonghwa’s target team leader stepped in.

“Hey, this motherfucker, watch what is eojjae? Isn’t that because you don’t want to enter the gate suddenly?”

“Ah, brother! That, it’s not like that!”

Tae-seop Kim unwrapped his watch and turned around with a confused expression.

It was possible because they didn’t know Lee Hyun-wook’s ability yet.

Lee Hyun-wook smiled while looking at Ahn Min-tae, and he also burst into laughter.

Soon the entrance to the gate began.

“Now, we’ll go ahead and clean it up, so you can come and go.”

Cheonghwa guild member with a shield said.

I had failed three times already, but I was overflowing with room.

That meant that he had put effort into this attack operation.

“Yes, but always be careful overhead. You don’t know what’s going to fly?”

Lee Hyun-wook advised that.

However, Cheonghwa’s side only changed his nose.

“Yes? Huh, man, who is telling whom to be careful? Take care of your own or your life.”

But they didn’t know.

That advice is a very key strategy…

Soon, the Cheonghwa Guild attack team, 14 people, began to line up inside the red gate.

However, Lee Hyun-wook and his party had to wait one more time.

“Now, wait 180 seconds from now.”

There was a rule that 180 seconds and 3 minutes had passed since the first entry.

This was not due to the system, and there could be some problem near the entrance, so in case of an emergency, it was to enter the group with a gap.

Lee Hyun-wook looked back at the party before entering.

“Now, we will be entering soon, but be careful with your head. Of course, the tankers stand in front, one lifts the front and one shields overhead and enters.”

“······Yes? Over your head?”

Ahn Min-tae, the main tank, asked again.

Raising a shield overhead, it was never a normal order.

“Yes, I don’t know what will happen as soon as I enter, so be prepared thoroughly.”

“Yes, I understand.”

It’s dubious, but I followed Lee Hyun-wook’s words without saying anything.

“Now, we are entering AMT!”

At the end, everyone looked at Lee Hyun-wook for the last time.

“Even if you are nervous, don’t panic.”

At the head of Lee Hyun-wook’s head, he started to step into the red hell.

Lee Hyun-wook entered in the last order from the back.

– caution! The area is 〈Danger Area〉.

* Once entered, you cannot exit unless certain conditions are met.

The moment you break through that message and put your head inside the red crack….

Hung-

The world has changed.

Time, temperature, smell…

Bright, hot, and disgusting.

It was in the middle of some wasteland.

And······.

“-Ahhhhhh!”

“Keep! Buy, save me!”

There was screaming everywhere.

It was the voice of the Cheonghwa Guild attack team, the first team that entered first.

What was attacked, they were lying down here and there.

“Listen to the shield!”

At Lee Hyun-wook’s cry, the tankers raised their shields.

Tongue! Tongue! Tongue! Tongue!

Something poured over it and beat the shields.

Thanks to holding the shield in advance, I was able to respond quickly.

“Damn it! Arrows, arrows pour endlessly!”

It was the baptism of arrows.

Thousands of arrows were stuck in the dry wasteland like weeds.

The party lowered their posture behind the shield.

‘The hill, the number is about three hundred…’

Lee Hyun-wook identified enemies through the shield.

On the sand dunes in front, there were a bunch of hairy, haired beasts.

“Ugh! What are you doing! Help us!”

Cheonghwa guild members who had already turned over the rain of arrows once seemed to have suffered a serious blow.

They were scattered here and there, avoiding this rain of arrows at risk.

Lee Hyun-wook sighed completely.

“So I told you, be careful above your head….”

Lee Hyun-wook warned, albeit indirectly.

It doesn’t make sense to let them know directly, so I did it, but after all…

‘This is why this dungeon was so difficult to break.’

As soon as they pass through the gate, they are hit near annihilation from the beginning by the baptism of arrows pouring out.

It’s not just an arrow, it’s an arrow with poison, and if you block it, a flame attack will pour out.

‘The play is clever. Especially if there is a boss monster called Old Alpha Mail….’

Old Alpha Male,

It was an upper-level entity among various boss monsters of the Nol race.

Literally, as an old male boss, he has exceptional leadership skills and is quite wise.

After consuming the first target team, he realized that they were coming into that hole periodically. And I was always ready to baptize the arrow with the hole surrounded.

Starting with such a big blow from the very beginning, the possibility of attacking will be extremely slim….

‘But if you survive here, you’ll be able to handle the rest.’

Lee Hyun-wook put his hand on Ahn Min-tae’s shoulder.

It seemed quite overwhelming to hold a heavy shield overhead.

“Ahn Min-tae, don’t move and stay the same.”

“Ah, yes!”

Lee Hyun-wook finally began to walk out of the shield.

“uh? Lee, Corporal Hyun-wook Lee!”

Hess- Hess- Hess- Hess- Hess-

As he emerged, dozens or hundreds of arrows poured down toward him.

At first glance, it looked like a suicidal act.

But the moment Lee Hyun-wook stretches his left hand to the sky-

Ooh-oh-

The thick arrow formation stood tall in the air and stopped.

However, Lee Hyun-wook was only able to control the “head” part made of iron, so he could not withstand the weight of hundreds of stiles and feathers and slowly began to sink to the ground.

By the way······.

“Shredding.”

Blah-that-that-that-jeong-

Hundreds of arrowheads burst at once, breaking into thousands of pieces of iron.

The ribs and feathers fell to the floor, and the iron pieces were scattered around…

Uh-

It stopped in the air again.

It is now completely within Lee Hyun-wook’s control.

“Wow······.”

Everyone, especially the Cheonghwa Guild’s attack team, stared at the miracle.

“The thing to be careful about overhead is….”

Then, let’s slowly tilt his left hand toward the sky to the ground…

“······It is the same with you.”

Innumerable pieces of iron above the head of the Gnoll Army of the Hill,

It poured down like hail.