A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 51



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Steel eating player chapter 51
〈Centripetal Point of Hell-3〉

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On the way to contact the Taesan Guild, Lee Hyun-wook made mana communication with Kim Gang-seok in the vehicle.

“… … Captain, then please.”

It was an urgent request to the battalion for the next battle.

-Yeah, get ready as soon as possible, and if you call, I’ll fly away, so don’t worry.

“Thank you.”

– And… … Please be careful. As you know, all waves so far have a pattern that grows exponentially over time, so today, unlike yesterday, it must have gotten much stronger.

“Yes, I understand.”

That was true.

There were countless reasons why Wave was called the worst disaster,

The biggest reason was that the ‘raid difficulty’ increased as time passed.

In short, monsters that appear in the wave gradually “evolve” into a form that is difficult to deal with.

For example, in the case of’Hellet’ against yesterday, the’number’ increases exponentially.

A hundred, a thousand, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and finally a million… … .

And when a certain number of individuals is exceeded, a kind of passive skill is created by ‘evolution’.

There is a “special option” that releases “gas” from the body to drive “poison mist”.

‘The horde of hellets that appeared with a green fog and ate everything was really the worst.’

Yesterday, it was a hellet eaten by the Steel Company, but it would have grown to a number that could not be handled by this afternoon—so Lee Hyun-wook was the first to aim for it.

Otherwise, more than half of Wave Zone’s shelters would have been destroyed by the Hellettes.

‘The next dangerous thing is also the multi-ethnic black magic society.’

If the Hellet swarm swept across Seoul and caused the most civilian victims,

The multiracial black magic society generated the most number of player deaths.

As they do now, they abduct humans and offer them as wealth to evil spirits.

So gradually you get powerful black magic spells,

On the fourth day of Wave, a black magic creature called’Chimera’ is born.

‘… … He was the highest-ranking monster, comparable to the Dragon Hatchling.’

Numerous players were mobilized to get rid of it, but each time it failed.

Finally, only 1,855 victims of players mobilized in the operation.

‘Today, get rid of it before it grows.’

At that time, the car stopped.

“We’ve arrived. It’s about 500m away from the meeting point.”

Lee Hyun-wook looked out the window at the driver’s words.

It was an apartment complex in Apgujeong-dong.

“Okay. From now on, I’ll go on foot.”

At his command, 15 troops from one transport truck got out of the car.

The rest were waiting at the O Elementary Shelter.

“Be alert, move slowly.”

The Taesan Guild might have dug a trap, so it wasn’t easy to be on guard.

“… … there! Is it Steel Company?”

When I arrived near the tangency area, I heard someone’s voice.

“Here, above! Come in!”

On the third floor of a shopping mall building, a man was waving.

“Divide into three teams and go up at a distance.”

Lee Hyun-wook was on the lookout until the end, but fortunately nothing happened.

On the third floor of a spacious shopping mall, there were more than 20 players gathered in one health club.

They were taking a break, exhausted, as if they had just finished the battle.

In the meantime, a man wearing glasses approached Lee Hyun-wook.

“Ah! You are here!”

Who is it? Lee Hyun-wook scanned his face. If it were a villain, it was most likely a face he knew.

But when I see that he doesn’t come to mind at once, he wasn’t a very important person… …

“Hello, I am Min-Sung Choi of the Taesan Guild.”

The moment I heard that name, it came to my mind.

‘Minseong Choi… … If so, it means that there is also Chugyo-yong and that person.’

Min-seong Choi itself was not a very important name.

‘The chugyo use is important.’

Monster Tamer Chu Gyo-yong, as the leader of the attack team to which Min-Sung Choi belongs,

He was a player with a peculiar ability to control monsters.

Lee Hyun-wook held the hand of Choi Min-seong and looked around again.

‘There are a total of 24 people who can see it right now, much more than expected.’

If all of them run up… … Honestly, it would be difficult to deal with.

If you were a well-trained elite player, it was a different level from dealing with monsters… … .

“All of the people here……are you Taesan guild members?”

“Oh no. There, the players gathered at the elementary school shelter, and they joined forces to save the citizens. The Cheonghwa Guild, the Goryeo Guild, etc. are all different.”

“… … i See.”

“Well, we are the main axis, but there are only 6 people.”

6 people… … Lee Hyun-wook did not believe the words immediately.

They must have hid people in the shelter to confirm the arrival of the steel company,

Even in this, he could have been hiding his identity and pretending to be a third party.

However, there was one strange thing.

‘There is Choi Min-seong, but there is no team leader Chu Gyo-yong.’

I wanted to be hiding somewhere, but, well, there was no reason for that.

‘… … Yes, we have teamed up.’

There were a total of three “player cards” prepared by Baekjun Ki for the fourth wave.

Five Butchers / Apostate Kong Hyeon-jun / Chugyo-yong attack team

‘By the way, I already burned 2 cards.’

Moreover, since one erosion factor has been removed, it must have been urgent.

The last remaining card, ‘Chaukyo’s attack team’, was split and had no choice but to move.

Leader Chu Gyo-yong was probably on the other side of the erosion factor.

‘It means that the power was divided, so it’s good.’

Lee Hyun-wook looked at Min-Sung Choi, hiding his insides.

“Have you ever figured out where people are being held?”

“Yes, you can see it here too. Right there.”

Min-Sung Choi approached the window and pointed somewhere.

There was a department store among the many apartment complexes.

By the way… … Its appearance was very strange.

“There’s already been quite a bit of’erosion’.”

“Yes, it’s like a devil’s castle…….”

The huge department store building was covered with things like the roots of some centuries-old trees.

Even in the garden on the roof, huge trees that looked like baobab trees grew,

Black birds flew over it, at least not crows.

Yes, it changed like the legendary castle of the Demon King, and it was still changing.

By this afternoon, the whole area would be covered with such a landscape.

“… … I heard that you attempted an attack to rescue civilians. Did you fail?”

At the question, Min-seong Choi showed a bitter expression.

“That’s right. I started once I kill …… and let’s try to attack, we approached me Sons have dropped …… civilians from rooftops. Just like we know what you want to do.”

Let’s hold Choi Min-sung’s words, and Lee Hyun-wook felt the nausea coming.

That expression and that line were all acting full of pretense.

Pretending to be sad while inducing them to kill civilians… … .

“In the end, in order to prevent that meaningless sacrifice, I had to turn around without results. And because there are’barriers’ in the entire department store, it is impossible to shoot at the rooftop of the apartment.”

Barrier… … When I looked at it again, it was covered with a purple wave.

It was a device that could block magic flying from outside.

“Well, I have one way.”

Choi Min-sung’s eyebrows wriggled at Lee Hyun-wook’s words.

“… … How?”

“Yes, I’ll explain, so please bring people together.”

Soon Choi Min-sung summoned the players.

“Okay, here, the commander of the Iron Company has an operation! Let’s hear it.”

Lee Hyun-wook looked around the players and opened his mouth.

“The pattern they’ve shown so far is one. They use unidentified black smoke to stun people and then kidnap them to their hometown without killing them. Civilians and players are alike.”

The players nodded.

“Then, the easiest way to get inside…… is to be kidnapped.”

Kidnapping, almost all faces were crumpled by those words.

“……Yes?”

“What does that mean that you will be kidnapped after deliberately drinking that smoke?”

“Yes.”

“Ha- Hey, first of all, would you like to see them?”

Someone snorted and pointed somewhere.

There were two men lying there.

“The two of them drank that black smoke. Look, not only fainting, but all skills are’deactivated’ for as many as 8 hours. In other words, they are like ordinary people.”

In other words, if you are kidnapped, your combat power is zero.

“Yes, I know, but we’re okay. We are introspective.”

Everyone looked puzzled at the words.

Introspection, it wasn’t that easy to come up with.

Lee Hyun-wook gave an additional explanation.

“Fortunately, I received the 〈Event Buff〉 and the entire army is wearing the curse immunity buff. In other words, we’ll pretend to be stunned, and we’ll get in there with our abilities preserved.”

There was admiration from all over the place.

“Oh— is there anything like that?”

“I haven’t destroyed the erosion factor for nothing…..”

But then Choi Min-sung raised his hand.

“Hmm… … In fact, I and three of these friends also have’curse tolerance’.”

… … What is it, all of a sudden?

I wondered what Lee Hyun-wook was thinking about.

“Five…….”

“K-Taesan is also worth the name.”

“Well, it’s not a big deal. I accumulated while attacking the gates related to the undead for a while.”

His arms cheered and Choi Min-seong nodded with a serious expression and continued.

“Anyway, so we thought about such an operation. But that alone… … It’s suicidal. Yes, as soon as you are kidnapped, you will take all of your weapons, and your limbs will be restrained.”

Lee Hyun-wook immediately objected.

“That’s it, you can use my abilities.”

Choi Min-sung tilted his head.

On the other hand, there was an unknown look in my eyes.

“……Can you know what that ability is?”

The identity of Lee Chae was a grumpy attempt to find out Lee Hyun-wook’s ability.

Lee Hyun-wook took out an iron ball and floated it in the air.

“—Okay, something like this.”

“Oh, is this magic magic?”

“No, it’s a control system.”

As such an unusual ability, I couldn’t see through the ability by looking at just one scene.

And that scarcity was one of the important weapons of the’out-of-level growth’ characteristic.

That it is difficult to analyze due to lack of information, that it is impossible to come up with a way to deal with it,

For that reason, he was extremely reluctant to disclose his detailed abilities of ‘out-of-level growth’.

By the way…….

“Well, can you tell me in more detail? If you follow your strategy, I think we should go in together. Shouldn’t we get to know each other well before that?”

Despite the imposing request for information, Lee Hyun-wook nodded happily about what was going on.

“I control the metal. And it can change its shape to some extent.”

“Then, even if the weapon is stolen, there will be many things that can be used as a weapon.”

“Yes, that’s right. And…….”

Lee Hyun-wook used a “metal deformation” on an iron bead and pressed it flat.

“If you hide this little metal in your mouth and change its shape, you can use it as a key or a knife. In other words, you can open a lock or lock door. It’s very useful inside.”

“Well…… it’s dangerous, but it certainly seems to be the most successful method.”

“Yes, you know, the control line is particularly weak, so if you keep me first, this operation will succeed.”

At Lee Hyun-wook’s words, Choi Min-seong smiled and stood up.

“Okay, so let’s do this. We will sneak like the Steel Company to rescue the citizens, then shoot a magic out the window to send a signal. Then when you start a gun attack and draw your attention, we move back and move that barrier again. It breaks the object that it generates.”

“Five…….”

“If the barriers disappear like this, we will be able to sniper while looking down at the department store from the roof of the surrounding apartment, and it will be a battle in our favor.”

The majority nodded.

“Well, how are you, do you all agree?”

Everyone agreed. In this situation, it could not be the most rational operation.

Choi Min-seong smiled as she looked at Lee Hyun-wook.

There was something hidden inside that smile.

And Lee Hyun-wook also had the same smile.

***

Choi Min-seong told me to take some preparation time, and then summoned his subordinates.

“The commander of the Steel Company, I think he’s a man with a very good head. To think about infiltrating inside based on his resistance, his mysterious ability is also quite useful, but…….”

“… … I was bitten wrong!”

A woman screamed and laughed.

“That’s right. It’s sad to say that we don’t even know we’re aiming for my life and give our own nape?”

Stealth using voluntary kidnapping, it was honestly ingenious. But in this situation, where Villain was aiming for the Steel Company, they were thinking that it was like being trapped on their own feet.

“Oh, really, I can’t stop drinking because of this taste!”

The woman was excited and rolled her feet.

Her eyes were loose.

“Poop! The taste of playing with secrets that others will not know when they die—!”

“Park Ji-Hyun, it’s not a success yet. Don’t be afraid, don’t shake your cubic heart.”

“Ah, yeah yeah… … haha… … .”

Choi Min-sung blamed, but Park Ji-hyun still couldn’t hide his excitement.

“Is he weak again? Ha…… Anyway, I’ll put away everything that could be used as a weapon in the prison. Since it is a family, it will be nothing if there is no object to control.”

At those words, a bald man in a leather jacket raised his hand.

“Yes, I think that would be my skill. In case of emergency, I can make a’ring’ and lock it up.”

“Oh……it’s just good? It’s a skill that I rarely use, but I have something to write about?”

“Hahaha—that’s what it is.”

At that time, Choi Min-sung lifted his index finger as if he had thought of something.

“… … Oh, and keep in mind, they shouldn’t be killed right away.”

“Should we capture and torture to find out how the hell destroyed the erosion?”

“Yes, so don’t be hasty, wait for my instructions.”

The villains got up from their seats, and Choi Min-sung threw the last word.

“Outside, I see what kind of hope the Steel Company is talking about, but that hope is defeated here.”

***

An hour later, a so-called “voluntary kidnapping operation” began.

Lee Hyun-wook and Park Jun-mo, and Choi Min-sung and his three men, a total of six.

They went into an alley and at that very moment—

Push-ee-!

Suddenly the manhole cover opened and black smoke emanated from it.

“—Keep!”

They breathed in the smoke and collapsed.

No, I pretended to fall.

About 10 minutes later, a group of monsters appeared at the mouth of the alley.

K-e-e

Unusually, they were wearing black robes, so they couldn’t recognize their identity.

However, when I heard the training, it was a group of orcs, goblins, kobolds, and miscellaneous mixed things with nothing to play.

They turned over the body of the fallen party, took all of their weapons, and tied their arms with ropes.

And a monster that looks like an Orc was lifted one by one on both shoulders.

‘It’s terrible… … .’

It wasn’t hard to pretend to be fainted because of the bad smell of their bodies.

Fortunately, I arrived at the department store in less than 5 minutes.

I couldn’t see it in detail, but it was changing into a strange shape by erosion.

They were taken to a parking lot on the 3rd basement floor, that dark space.

‘When did you even get this iron fence?’

This was a dungeon. There was even a barbed wire on one side like a real prison.

Does this even generate when erosion or is it made by hand by monsters,

It was a strange point in many ways, but there was no way to confirm it.

They were thrown into one of those prisons.

puck-

“Uh…”

Park Joon-mo groaned as he was thrown to the floor.

No matter how it was, I didn’t know it would be thrown like an object.

When I woke up and looked around, there were dozens of civilians trapped in a fairly spacious space.

“… … Are you okay?”

A little boy who was squatting right next to Park Joon-mo asked.

“Oh, yes, it’s okay.”

“… … By the way, it won’t be okay anymore.”

He was full of tears.

“……Huh?”

“One by one, one by one, let’s get it… Black-Those monsters…….”

“Ah…….”

“Now, it’s eating.”

Park Jun-mo put his hand on the kid’s head.

“No, it will be fine.”

“…….”

It was an expression of disbelief.

“Haha- what’s your name?”

“Oh, this is Jiho Shin.”

“Really? Wow! How do we meet like this? You, hope, are you friends?”

“Yes? Uh, how did you know?”

Shin Ji-ho looked startled.

Park Joon-mo asked a kid named Hope for the names of his friends.

“Well, I came to save Jiho because Hope-ee asked me to save Jiho.”

“Huh? You said you came to save…… you weren’t caught?”

Ugh

Two orc guards roaming outside,

Park Joon-mo whispered very little.

“Yes, I really came to save it. Don’t worry.”

But then… … .

“Foo-!”

Somewhere a laugh broke out.

It was Park Ji-hyun, a woman belonging to the Taesan Guild.

She curled up on the floor and shook herself.

I seemed to hold back the laughter that popped out for some reason… … .

“Pu ha ha ha! Deputy Team Leader, I’m sorry! It’s so funny!”

Eventually, I burst into laughter.

“Hey! Poo! Come to rescue me, you idiot! You’re caught! Pooh haha!”

Min-sung Choi woke up with a sigh at that appearance.

“Ha……you, really…….”

Strangely, however, the rope that bound their arms had come off.

“No, it’s so funny to tell a little boy that he’s pretending to be awesome, and that he’s come to rescue him! Ah— tears!”

When Choi Min-sung beckoned, two of his men approached Lee Hyun-wook, and they forcibly opened their mouths and pulled out a piece of escape iron hidden under the back floor. Then I put it in some kind of leather pocket.

“Okay, now there will be no steel that can be manipulated.”

Park Joon-mo noticed that even though the situation was weird, it was going too strange.

“Well, what, what… … Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee, this… … .”

Even two orc guards opened the iron bars and stepped inside, standing tall behind their backs as if they were a group.

‘… … It’s a terrorist!’

I got it right.

Park Jun-mo thought so.

But it wasn’t easy to get frustrated.

‘No, you can’t give up yet.’

He looked toward Lee Hyun-wook with a side glance and prepared to counterattack.

It was difficult to aim properly because the arms were tied, but the ability could be used.

Dig up——

The moment an electric current flows out of his back tied grip—

“Be still, Park Joon-mo—”

Lee Hyun-wook stopped him.

“Yes, you’re smart too. Let’s stay still and have a deeper conversation with us.”

Two men knelt down Lee Hyun-wook and Park Jun-mo, and Choi Min-seong approached him.

“Lee Hyun-wook, I have a lot of questions. First of all, the erosion factor… How did you get rid of it?”

Lee Hyun-wook had no answer.

“Actually, it’s not a Guardian… … Hmm, is it a coincidence, just?”

“…….”

“Bit—If you exercise your right to remain silent here, you are not very smart.”

“By the way…….”

“Oh, yes, did you finally have your mouth open?”

Lee Hyun-wook raised his head and looked up at Choi Min-seong.

“Minseong Choi, I also have a few questions I want to ask.”

“… … Yeah?”

“That’s why I prepared a place here like this.”

Choi Min-sung tilted his head at those strange words.

“Are you…… Yes? Who?”

But at that moment, Lee Hyun-wook smiled.

“It’s a good place to talk in secret, isn’t it?”

“…….”

“Wait, the monsters that will interfere with it will disappear soon.”

“… … Fuck, what are you saying?”

“Because there is going to be a spectacle from the sky, we will all go there…….”

At words that couldn’t be understood, Choi Min-sung frowned.

But at that moment… … .

Kwa—ang——!

The building began to shake with heavy drinking.

“……What, what?”

“Vice-team leader, what do you think is going to happen?”

Kwa—ang——!

Binge again, yes, there was definitely something powerful popping up overhead.

Kwa—ang——!

Lee Hyun-wook nodded.

“It’s a bombardment. I can’t break through the barrier, but I’m going to make a pretty big fuss and turn all the monsters’ nerves away.”

“… … What?”

“… … In simple terms, it means that in this basement, we can only talk to each other.”

Previously, what Lee Hyun-wook requested to Kim Gang-seok,

It was an aerial bombardment.

“… … What are you?”

Leisure disappeared from Choi Min-sung’s face.

“Minseong Choi, do you know the location of the’barrier creation object’? I need to explain where it is.”

Blah blah——

There was a strange sound somewhere. It was behind Lee Hyun-wook’s back.

“… … Then I’ll show you how I got rid of the erosion factor—!”

Choo-ooh!

At that moment, the rope that was tying Lee Hyun-wook’s arm torn apart,

Lee Hyun-wook’s left hand was aimed toward Choi Min-seong.

A spear protruded from his wrist.

“—God!”

At that moment, Min-Sung Choi’s body disappeared from the air and reappeared in the corner of the prison.

The spear of Achilles seemed to pass through the air, but it turned around,

At the same time, he pierced two orc guards running toward Lee Hyun-wook.

Meanwhile, Lee Hyun-wook stood tall with both feet.

And all over his body, a strange sound began to ring again.

Blah blah blah

“uh?”

At that time, Park Jun-mo saw.

Black crystals sprout over Lee Hyun-wook’s whole body and skin,

At the same time, the energy of some ciferan began to wrap around his body…

“Junmo Park—”

Park Jun-mo looked up at Lee Hyun-wook.

“… … I’m sure you’re here to save, so tell me to get ready to go home.”

From his fingers, sharp claws like a leopard sprung out.