A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 61



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Steel eating player chapter 61
〈End, declaration, hero-1〉

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The Great Condor was swimming above the clouds.

Lee Hyun-wook, riding on its back, closed his eyes.

‘There is no metal moving around here.’

Moving through the clouds like this, there was no fear of being attacked by a swarm of sturgeon.

However, when it was located at a high altitude, the cold air penetrated all over the body, and my skin was sore. When I put on a ‘reinforced body’ and even a ‘mana shield,’ a certain amount of cold air was blocked.

Finally, I took out a “mana recovery potion” from my waist and swallowed it.

-Mana recovery speed increases significantly for 10 minutes. (+200%)

This is the end of the preparation.

“—Let’s go down! ”

With his cry, the Great Condor began to glide vertically.

Hung——

As it passed through a layer of clouds, the ground—Cheongryongsan Mountain came into my eyes.

Gray and black flutters were blooming there. The gray sway was the real smoke from the small fire, but that black sway… was a group dance of a disgusting swarm of insects.

‘You have to go down through that.’

Lee Hyun-wook jumped from the body of the Great Condor without any worries.

He straightened his body toward Cheongryongsan Mountain and closed his eyes as he fell freely vertically.

Whoa—Woo—Woo—Woo——

As if he had noticed his appearance, a ray of black shook began to shoot at him.

Why-A-A-A-A-A-A-!

That number was exactly 374—Lee Hyun-wook “sensed” their movements one by one.

Then, he extended his left hand forward.

‘—Shredding!’

Fur-bur-bur-bur-bung-!

Dozens of them burst all at once.

Then there were dozens more,

Dozens of them were shattered again.

As his left hand moved in a slow arc, all the sturgeon in its orbit exploded.

Fur-bur-bur-bur-bung-!

So 374 sturgeon were scattered into thousands of pieces of metal.

But… … .

‘Of course, if you use shredding recklessly, the mana consumption cannot be covered.’

The metal shredding skill was obviously, as much as when dealing with them, it was a blow-kill attack.

However, the number of sturgeon was frighteningly high,

Even if you poured out all of your mana, you would not be able to reduce a significant number.

‘But there is only one thing that needs to be completely eliminated, the erosion factor.’

Even if I couldn’t get rid of all of them, I could do it right away.

And…….

Sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-—!

The “metallic pieces” made in this way followed Hyun-wook Lee and rotated around his body.

At that time, another group of sturgeon flew up.

This time, there were a total of 1,188.

It was a number that couldn’t be handled.

‘As if passing through, it penetrates as it is!’

Lee Hyun-wook crossed his arms to cover his head and focused on his forearm.

Blah blah——!

Then, he pulled the “metal pieces” floating around his body in front of his arm, and then used “metal deformation” to get them tangled around the forearms. Then the heavy iron shield—a bumper of sorts, was completed.

“—It’s now! Accelerate me!”

Hani, the “spirit of the wind,” who was riding on his shoulder moved.

As the guy started spinning around Lee Hyun-wook’s body, a tornado entwined Lee Hyun-wook.

Whoa woo——!

‘fast!’

Acceleration was attached to Lee Hyun-wook’s fall.

Like a cannonball, glides at a tremendous speed, covered in steel—

Soon, 1,188 sturgeon collided head-on.

Tongue—Tong—Tong—Tong—Tong—Tong——!

One point breakthrough (—京突破)

They attacked the flying sturgeon colony as it was, and pierced it at once.

They bypassed and followed Lee Hyun-wook, but couldn’t keep up with his glide speed.

Lee Hyun-wook again closed his eyes and began to scan all the metals in Cheongnyongsan Mountain.

‘… … I have to find it.’

The factor of erosion, where it was, couldn’t be seen with the naked eye.

This was the problem that Kang-Seok Kim, Jeong-cheol Choi, and Se-hee Kim were also worried about.

Even if you reach Cheongryongsan Mountain in a loose state of defense,

Thousands of animals still cover the surface of Cheongryongsan Mountain, so the cause of erosion cannot be easily detected.

In other words, it is impossible to remove the erosion factor through a surprise attack.

Lee Hyun-wook replied.

‘… … I can.’

Yes, that was only possible with Lee Hyun-wook.

‘Since their shells are metal, I can detect and analyze motion.’

‘Through that method, you will be able to infer the location of the erosion factor.’

The sturgeon’s swarm surrounds the erosion factor with its body like a bee guarding a nest.

Thus, even when Choi Jeong-cheol’s “Semi Armageddon” hit, the factor of erosion could be protected.

In other words, the point where the sturgeon worms were gathered in an unusually large number was the factor of erosion.

However… … .

‘Damn, there’s a lot of dirt… … .’

My head was dizzy at how much metal movement was detected on the surface of Cheongryongsan Mountain.

When I sensed thousands of movements at the same time, I felt my nerves overload.

Whoa woo——!

In the meantime, the altitude dropped quickly.

‘Before you reach the ground, you must find it. If you don’t take care of it at once, I will die.’

But just in time, I was able to find a neighborhood that felt different.

A spot where an exceptionally large number of sturgeon worms gather to create thick worms,

And for some reason, their movement is rather slow and careful,

It was like a swarm of worker ants wrapped around and protecting the queen ants.

‘Yes, it’s somewhere around there.’

Lee Hyun-wook turned towards that point.

And just before hitting the ground, he gave his body metal control.

His body floated in the opposite direction of gravity, and settled on the black burning ground.

chin-

Immediately after landing, thousands of pieces of iron that had fallen with him poured out like steel rain.

Fur-bur-bur-bur-bur-!

The sturgeon worms sitting around the landing site were swept away by the piece of iron, and the tornado of Hani surrounding Lee Hyun-wook’s body exploded around and pushed away the entire sturgeon.

However, that was only about scooping a handful of sand from the sandy beach.

Why-A-A-A-A-A-A-!

Thousands of sturgeon flew toward Lee Hyun-wook all at once.

It was as if a black wave was coming.

However, Lee Hyun-wook was able to control the wave.

He raised both hands and opened his palms.

‘It rotates.’

Lee Hyun-wook pulled numerous pieces of iron and made it rotate at high speed around his body. And Hani made a whirlwind in such an orbit, which drastically increased the speed of rotation of the iron shards.

Ku-goo-goo-goo-goo-—!

Thus, a tornado of steel occurred and surrounded Lee Hyun-wook’s body.

Metal control and the spirit of the wind,

It was a strong inertia shield that could not be achieved without either side.

Tongue! Tongue! Tongue! Tongue!

They tried to get in through the steel tornado, but they bumped and swept away and bounced off.

However, this was only a temporary measure.

‘Maybe it can’t last long.’

Soon, they will come together and force them to break through the steel tornado… … .

Lee Hyun-wook felt like standing between the monster’s teeth.

A little later, it would have been chopped up and swallowed.

‘The erosion factor, it’s around here. But you have to find a definite location.’

He closed his eyes again.

The moment an intruder named Lee Hyun-wook appeared, the sturgeon showed two movements.

Most of them rushed to Lee Hyun-wook, but not a few numbers went to a completely different place.

‘… … It is a procession to protect the erosion factor.’

Lee Hyun-wook read their movements.

And finally… … .

“Yes, there you are?”

Only one point, the exact coordinates, were identified.

Lee Hyun-wook led the steel tornado and walked out to that point.

Then, something huge soared from the floor.

-The boss monster “Steel Armor” has appeared.

To—E—E—E—E——!

A monster in the form of a beetle, which is likely to be 7-8m in size,

His forelimbs looked like scissors and had spear-like horns on his head.

And the spout was equipped with a tube through which the acidic solution was ejected.

‘We have finally reached the last gateway.’

When the boss monster appeared, it meant that it was going very well.

‘This is a kind of cover that protects the erosion factor with the body.’

Like the Hellet Mutant, it was a’watchman’ type of boss monster that guards the gate.

It must have been blocking external attacks by covering the factors of erosion with that solid body,

However, as Lee Hyun-wook approached it, it was inevitable that he directly raised his body.

He approached Lee Hyun-wook.

‘Yes, come out a little more… … The erosion factor is fully revealed… … .’

It spurs on the floor, throws horns towards Lee Hyun-wook, and rushes like a rhinoceros.

Thump—thump—thump—thump——!

If hit by that, even an armored car would have a hole.

He broke through the steel tornado, and soon struck Lee Hyun-wook.

What?!

However, the spear-like horn was blocked by something.

Uh–

A golden shield wrapped around Lee Hyun-wook.

“Seo Eun-ha… … Again, it’s my first shield.”

Some bracelet on his wrist was shining.

It was a bracelet that Seo Eun-ha handed to Lee Hyun-wook just before the Steel Company started.

In the meantime, Hyun-wook Lee turned to the side, and inserted Unsa-am-su between the cracks of its shell.

‘—Lightning emission!’

Supported!

The lightning that emanated from the tip of the sword ran through every nook and cranny of his body.

His huge body trembled and was paralyzed for an instant.

In other words, it was a perfect break.

“It’s now!”

With his cry, Hani blasted the steel tornado forward and blew everything in the area.

Then finally… … .

‘There it is!’

The appearance of the red gem, the world stone (a factor of erosion), that was embedded in the ground was clearly revealed.

Target identification, zero aiming is already over.

Shh——I——I——!

Something, a heavy object, was falling on top of it.

It was, of course,’mogley’.

They had lost the physical defense to defend against that blow.

Kwa——A——Ah——!

Binge drinking— What was beneath it was absolutely incomplete, with great power.

And… … .

-You have destroyed the “World Stone (Wave)”!

A system message popped up saying that it was all over.

The assault operation, which only Lee Hyun-wook can do, ended successfully.

“Ha…….”

Lee Hyun-wook looked up at the sky with a hot breath.

The gate would now close, but thousands of sturgeon were still filling the sky.

However, as if they had lost some purpose, they were scattered in all directions.

“The collapse of command…… it’s all over.”

It was a phenomenon in which the monster, which was moved by some kind of magic rather than the collapse of command or volition, lost its target and wandered when the “magic subject” disappears.

In other words, they would lose their aggression for the time being.

Of course, as existence itself is a threat, it will have to be carried out for a while, but that was later.

And, about 20m away, the gate was collapsing.

Lee Hyun-wook approached there.

Again, this time, one item appeared at the point where the gate collapsed.

-You have acquired the Ring of Guiget (Hero).

[Item information]

-Name: Gwiguez’s Ring (Hero)

-Effect: When mana is injected, it becomes invisible for 30 seconds. (Waiting for reuse: 30 minutes)

‘There are quite a few heroes who have vanished because of this item… … .’

By doing this, they even saved their lives.

And that wasn’t all.

– Congratulations! You have successfully completed the event quest 〈Disaster Expedition〉!

* A ‘1st place’ reward is given for achieving the best performance.

“Ah, the quest…….”

It turned out that after attacking the first erosion factor, quests were given to the entire steel company.

I didn’t care so far, but of course, Lee Hyun-wook, who was the most active, took the first place in the performance.

Two lights appeared in front of Lee Hyun-wook’s eyes.

He reached out and grabbed them.

-Acquired the characteristic bloom (special).

* This item is attributed at the same time as it is acquired.

‘To get this again… … .’

And the other one……..

‘What is this?’

-You have acquired the’Master Key’ of the ancient heritage.

* This item is attributed at the same time as it is acquired.

Even as Lee Hyun-wook, it was something he didn’t know at all.

***

“—They are scattered!”

In the lobby on the first floor of the school, a player exclaimed.

Like his words, the black sway that covered the sky was scattering.

The sturgeon, which had squeezed into the school, also flew out of the window.

It was a very sudden end of the situation.

“This is… uh, what happened?”

The players who were predicting death in the moment of life or death were amazed.

They carefully walked out of the school and looked up at the sky.

Indeed, the swarm of insects had completely disappeared, and the purple color that had dyed the sky was fading.

“… … finished.”

All of that meant that the wave was over.

In other words, someone attacked the erosion factor.

“Who the hell broke the erosion factor?”

“Ah! Isn’t that the Anyang Duo?”

“Huh? They haven’t arrived yet…”

Then, someone came up with another name.

“I heard earlier that the commander of the Steel Company struck behind alone.”

“Yes? Alone… Is it possible, is that?”

“That’s…… I’m not sure either.”

And if that’s true, it really couldn’t be a historical event.

“That’s how the Steel Company actually chewed the whole wave, right?”

“Wow, that’s right…… Really, I’m wondering what he really is.”

It was self-evident that the name Steel Company embroidered the entire wave.

Meanwhile, Choi Jeong-cheol and Kim Gang-seok also came up to the roof of the building and looked around.

“… … Brigade Captain, Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook really did it.”

As if he couldn’t believe it, Kang-Seok Kim said so.

“Yeah, you’ve done something ridiculous.”

“haha… … That’s right.”

“Have you thought he was difficult to do?”

The plan Lee Hyun-wook brought out was honestly, not convincing at all.

Since he has the ability to detect metals, he must infer the factors of erosion with their movements while penetrating high altitude, and destroy the giant sword Mogley by dropping it from altitude and hitting it…

‘Yes, I honestly thought it was like an attempt to commit suicide.’

However, Lee Hyun-wook, who is not anyone else, confidently insisted, and at that time, there was no other way, so he approved the plan… … I regretted not being able to dry it until the last minute.

“Yes, that’s right. I believed in Lee Hyun-wook’s ability, but… … Because I don’t believe in miracles.”

At those words, Choi Jung-cheol smiled.

“But a miracle has happened.”

“Yes, really…… I feel saved.”

“Haha, then we will come from outside soon, so we…….”

However, I couldn’t hear Choi Jung-cheol’s back words.

Goo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-!

It was because there was a familiar roar somewhere.

The heavy ringing that shakes the sky, it was a bell that announced the whole announcement.

However, unlike the previous bell, which was a bit bizarre, the sound was rather clear.

And the letters that appeared in the sky were green, not red.

– Congratulations! For the first time in history, we succeeded in attacking “Wave”!

* Very special rewards will be given to Seoul.

At the same time, everyone cheered.

“Wow–!”

“Really! Seoul is safe!”

“We won!”

It’s a fact that I’ve already noticed, but when I came up with a notice that confirmed it like that, I finally realized it.

Seoul, which seemed to be lost forever, was saved without any damage.

However, their cheers had to stop quickly.

“uh-?”

This is because the “very special reward” began to appear above the sky.

“Wow! Uh, what is that!”

On the west side, near Seoul Station, a huge gate opened.

And from there, something was coming down.

It was so enormous that its shadow encroached on the upper part of Seoul.

“…….”

People watched the scene and were forced to stand with their mouths wide open.

“Sun, planet… … .”

Yes, the planet—So it was a scene that one might think of as a moon-like satellite falling on Earth.

“No, it’s not… It’s floating in the sky. And, the top part is a little weird.”

On the lower part of the hemispherical shape, buildings that looked like buildings were erected in a row.

Anyone could clearly know.

It was an aerial city.

-‘Laputa’ appears in the Seoul area!

* The proficiency of all ‘Crafting Skills’ is greatly increased.

* The ‘production success rate’ of all items is greatly increased.

* All ‘Magic Engineering Research Progress’ is greatly increased.

* A’mana ecosystem’ will be established in the whole area.

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An incredibly long message popped up before the eyes of every player in this place.

It was the moment when Seoul escaped from hell and at the same time leaps forward to the world’s best city.

***

Meanwhile, members of the Taesan guild, including Chu Gyo-yong, were found dead in a classroom.

The reason was announced as currently unknown, but Lee Hyun-wook noticed the reason.

‘The game went over because of the failure of Villain Quest.’

The result of Villain Quest was ruthless.

Probably, while devising another scheme, Lee Hyun-wook seemed to have destroyed the erosion factor.

And 8,000 AMT troops were deployed throughout Seoul,

Each guild also employed 6,900 players for safety and restoration work,

Under the command of General Seo Baek-jin, head of the AMT Shinsung Knights Division, the Seoul cleanup/recovery operation proceeded.

There were still not a few undead monsters wandering all over Seoul, so a sweeping operation was necessary.

‘… … In the original history, what had to be a recapture operation turned into a sweeping operation.’

And the order given to the Iron Company was a break.

‘Yes, I really need to sleep now… … .’

Lee Hyun-wook arrived at the dormitory and fell asleep right after taking a shower.

***

How long has passed, my eyes opened by themselves.

-Metal absorption is complete. Small flashes (rare)

– Congratulations! New’skills’ are given by satisfying special conditions.

-The number of metal hops has been completed. (Mana Heart)

-Metal absorption is complete. (Mana Heart)

-Metal absorption is complete. (Mana Heart)

Numerous messages appeared in front of my eyes.

It was a “mana generator” obtained from the “Cheoncheol” ring that I ate and the “Black Orc” for Chugyo.

“Well…….”

However, the “Dwerp Great Mountain Engine” was still not completely absorbed.

That time is also “unknown”, so I didn’t know how many days it would take.

At that time, the door of the dormitory opened and someone came in.

“Uh- loyal!”

Park Jun-mo, who was standing up, stiffened and salutes.

The battalion commander, Kang-Seok Kim, came to the dormitory.

“No, everyone is taking a break, don’t mind.”

He approached Lee Hyun-wook.

Lee Hyun-wook got up from bed and salutes.

“So Lee Hyun-wook, did you have a good rest?”

“Yes that’s right.”

“Yeah, I’ll have to rest more, but there are a lot of people who are looking for you….”

I couldn’t guess who was looking for the battalion commander in person like this.

After preparing roughly, Lee Hyun-wook followed him to the battalion commander’s office.

There were two more people sitting there besides General Choi Jeong-cheol… … .

‘There are really great people coming.’

Both were known faces.

It was Seo-yoon Kang, Master of the Zmunnarae Guild, and Sung-moon Woo, the head of the National Gate Response Strategy Office.

Excluding that rank, they were the 3rd and 9th largest players in the Republic of Korea rankings, respectively.

“Everyone, let me introduce you. I am Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook, the greatest contributor of this operation.”

Lee Hyun-wook bowed his head and sat in front of them.

Although they were the top-notch players in Korea, Lee Hyun-wook wasn’t very nervous.

This is because they were the characters that had already met many times in the previous life.

‘And both are people you can trust.’

Kang Seo-yoon gave out a business card first.

“Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee, 3 erosion factors, you finished it with your own hands?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Did you hear what the rewards were there?”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded.

“I came to get it today.”

Each erosion factor is 50 million dollars and hero-grade items, and the most active player is given a legendary-grade weapon “Crab-Bolg” that cannot be dare to determine its value.

“But the reason I came so suddenly…… I have something to do, but I don’t know why Mr. Woo came here. I didn’t intend to come, but suddenly I’m coming, so what’s following?”

Kang Seo-yoon said that and stared at Woo Sung-moon.

“Haha, someone who is about CEO Kang is trying to remove the national manpower, but who will stop it if it is not me?”

Lee Hyun-wook showed a blank expression between the two.

As soon as I got up after sleeping, I felt like I would be courted by big players.

“Oh, really? Lee Hyun-wook, I’ll match it with hero-grade equipment from head to toe.”

“… … Yes?”

“So, if you are discharged, please come to our 〈Zumonnarae〉.”

That said, Kim Gang-seok had no choice but to harden his face.

〈Zumennarae〉, a guild for the smallest and elite, was a guild like the face of Korea.

In terms of scale, 〈Cheonghwa〉 had the image of being the No. 1 guild overwhelmingly in size,

Zumonnarae, who possessed many of the top rankings in Korea, was actually the strongest guild.

Most of all, Sungyoon Lee, the “gravity wizard,” who was ranked No. 1 in Korea was a member of Zmunnarae.

Then Woo Sung-moon’s business card came in front of him.

“Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee, I am Woo Seong-moon, head of the National Gate Response Strategy Office. We had a conversation with Mana Messenger once before, right? I am the person who gave us permission to use the Government’s 2nd Armory.”

It seemed like I was talking about it at the time, but now it seems to me for some reason.

“Oh, yes, it was a big help back then.”

“The great help, this sergeant did for all of us. And…… If this sergeant said he would work for the country, the state would never lack support. And the steel company…… special forces for this sergeant. I’m going to create it.”

It wasn’t an officer’s appointment, it meant that he would create a single unit and give him commander authority.

Well, Woo Sung-moon was able to make such a nonsense exception if it were a character.

“Well…….”

Lee Hyun-wook, while listening to the story, rubbed his eyes.

After waking up, the suggestion that suddenly came in water, was somewhat distracted.

He looked down at both business cards.

“Well, first of all…”

Everyone looked at his mouth.

He lifted himself up and slowly raised his head.

Then, after making eye contact with the two in turn, I opened my mouth.

“… … I think my ransom will be more expensive than I thought.”

Everyone looked puzzled.

I didn’t know that such arrogant words would come out.

“Oh, I know you’ve done a great job. It means you’ll treat me like that.”

“Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook,”

Seoyoon Kang and Sungmoon Woo added one more word in turn.

However, Lee Hyun-wook shook his head.

Until now, the ability has been hidden somehow.

It was because it was advantageous to grow quietly and inconspicuously.

‘But now the limit has come.’

The biggest reason for hiding the ability was to freely act out of many gazes.

But now that I couldn’t do that because I was so big, I thought to change my strategy.

“I…… achieved this achievement and awakened to an S grade.”

At his declaration, there was silence.

“…….”

No one showed any reaction.

It was because it was that shocking.

“So, even if they give you anything, it won’t be an appropriate price.”

Up to now, there were 33 S-class players, and there were only three in Korea.

From now on, I was thinking of putting on a certain aura and rolling out profits outright.