A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 63



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Steel eating player chapter 63
〈Wave End, Shocking Declaration -3〉

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The three people’s next destination was the blacksmith’s alley in Munrae-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu.

It is a street that is one stop by subway from Singil Station, but the subway is currently closed.

As there is no place like an underground tunnel where monster subjugation is so difficult, it seems that it will be closed for the next few weeks.

They eventually moved on foot, and by the time they almost arrived… … .

“Uh, look over there, I guess there are still monsters.”

Junmo Park pointed to somewhere and said so.

Fully armed AMT troops lined up in front of a shopping mall.

Perhaps it was a unit that was dispatched from another place to subdue Seoul, but the traces of the battle were remarkable.

Blood splattered all over the alleys, and corpses believed to be zombies were scattered.

“Damn, the underground passage is too narrow to get in!”

“This, first put a few shots of flame magic!”

“I’ve already tried it a few times, but it doesn’t seem to work!”

And whether he was still working on a sweeping operation, he was busy moving around.

As such, Seoul was still in a dangerous state.

“Thousands of people were put in all three days to catch the monsters, but I guess it’s still not over.”

“Let’s go because the gates are open so many times. It was said that there were more than a hundred gates open.”

“Well……it’s still like this, but I wonder if it’s okay to allow passage.”

Park Joon-mo and Kim Se-hee talked about this and that, but Lee Hyun-wook couldn’t join the conversation.

‘You must be crazy……’

This is because the tremendous pain that made it difficult to breathe pressed the whole body.

-The’ether engine’ is forming in the heart. (42%)

* May be accompanied by excruciating pain!

My breath was choked as if my heart would stop right now.

Fortunately, however, the creation speed was faster than expected.

‘Now that it’s half finished, you only need to hold on for another 30 minutes.’

While he endured the pain, he suddenly entered the blacksmith’s alley,

Soon, I arrived in front of the shabby building, the workshop of craftsman Kang Jeong-du.

“Old man, I’m here.”

“—Oh my, hero, are you here!”

Kang Jung-du took off his magnifying glasses and ran out of space.

“You have to prepare for the move, but you will be insatiable because of my request.”

“Haha- I don’t have anything to pack because the housekeeping isn’t good anyway.”

“Now, you can go to a good place and bring in good housekeeping.”

Lee Hyun-wook hired Kang Jeong-du and Kang Hee-seol as “exclusive blacksmiths” for the Guild of Hope.

And he promised to provide a new residence and workshop nearby.

Although Kang Jeong-doo felt burdened, he did not refuse.

I wouldn’t want my granddaughter to grow up in a narrow, old workshop.

“No, it’s all thanks to General Lee. I will not forget this grace.”

Lee Hyun-wook repressed the pain and smiled.

“How is the item I asked for, how is it going well?”

“Yes, of course! I’m not very specialized in hextech, but the stuff went well!”

He said that, but Kang Jeong-du must have been learning hextech skills for a long time.

“Heo Heo— Didn’t this time, General Lee’s activity bring up some islands in the sky of Seoul? Raputa or Rapida, the island puts all kinds of buffs on it, so the work flows very coolly.”

“Oh, that’s right. That’s fortunate.”

“Yes, then, if you wait a little bit, I will bring that item out.”

With the appearance of Laputa, there were a lot of ‘buffs’ related to production capacity in this area.

As a result, this blacksmith’s alley was exhibiting more explosive productivity than ever before.

In a few years, it could have become the center of the world’s item-making industry.

After a while, Jung-du Kang pulled out of the warehouse.

“Now, this is him.”

Above it was a huge square object—a black box made of steel.

There was a lot of circuitry or something engraved on the surface, giving it an engineering feel.

Let’s Kang Jeong-du turn up the operation switch—

Ooh ooh ooh!

On its surface, the circuit glows blue, and its massive body rises into the air at once.

However, there was no physical propulsion device, such as a propeller or an air outlet.

“If there is a’flying stone’ inside this guy and mana is supplied, it comes to mind like this.”

Yes. It was only to fly with magical power.

The “non-fair”, a hextech aircraft, floated with the power of the flying stone.

“Wow, but what is this?”

“Oh, where do you use this?”

Park Jun-mo and Kim Se-hee asked at the same time.

Lee Hyun-wook replied.

“Well, to put it simply, it’s an’automated airdrop device’.”

“What are you dropping in the air……?”

“That’s it, it gives me the weapon I’m going to use.”

“……Ah!”

Sehee Kim and Joonmo Park clapped their hands at the same time as if they understood.

Lee Hyun-wook’s combat power increases exponentially the more metal weapons he can handle.

That could be seen by looking at his special move, ‘Steel Rain’.

But I couldn’t carry all of them, and I couldn’t open a “portal” every moment.

‘It’s actually a very inefficient way to open a portal in the sky.’

Considering that there were more than thirty wizards mobilized in that one room, it was a considerable loss.

In that respect, such an airdrop device, if properly developed, could only be quite useful.

The method of making dozens of these things, putting them in the hangar, and calling them in case of emergency—that was the method that Hyun-wook Lee used in his previous life, but the time has come to implement it.

Of course, as the prototype just came out, it still took time to be deployed in action.

“By the way, it looks like it’s less than 2m wide, but there aren’t many weapons in it?”

When Kim Se-hee asked, Kang Jung-du laughed.

“This guy is a bit small at first glance, but it has a small sub-space that holds up to 30 items.”

“Aha-”

“Haha, he is more fruitful than it looks.”

Lee Hyun-wook looked around the surface of it. After all, it was neat and clean.

“By the way, old man, what’s the maximum operating time for this?”

In response to that question, Kang Jeong-du showed a sign of wrestling for the first time.

“In fact, I couldn’t solve it. The mana battery that will make him last this long is zero…….”

After all, like all state-of-the-art technology, GNOME’s battery was a problem.

At that time, Lee Hyun-wook took something out of his arms.

“Then, how much will it increase if you put this on?”

It was a little red machine.

Kang Jung-du grabbed it and looked at the system message that appeared in front of him, and then opened his mouth wide open.

“Oh, no, this is…….”

“Is it a good thing?”

“Huh, it’s not good enough, this is…… There are no technicians like this in Korea.”

It was a black orc for Chukyo, a’mana heart’ stuck near their heart.

As an aggregate of advanced technology, it is difficult to estimate the price at this time.

It was probably made to order at the Hextech Institute of the Republic of Chad.

“Well…… If you equip one or two of these, it will fly for about 50 minutes in a fully charged state. Of course, as it has its own mana production capacity, it can also fly again if it sits down and recovers.”

However, Lee Hyun-wook was bound to be disappointed.

‘It’s still 50 minutes… … I haven’t been crazy about the equipment I used yet.’

I couldn’t help it. The airdrop device he used was the technology of the future… … .

As disappointment appeared on Lee Hyun-wook’s face, Kang Jung-du began to take out other items and show them.

“Ah, look at my mind, look at these little guys here.”

Kang Jung-doo pulled out some sort of beads from a box, and they flashed all at once and lit up.

Wing— Wing— Wing— Wing—

“It has a skill similar to that of a mana drone, but instead is very small.”

After all, it seemed to be a miniature reconnaissance drone that flies with the power of a “flying stone”.

“This one has a little bit of flying seat left, so I made it. It’s small and quiet, so it’s good to look at something secretly. And you can even make a’self-destruct’ remotely.”

“It’s self-destruct, that’s pretty good.”

“Yes, it would be helpful for the special operation of the Steel Company. Haha…….”

However, Kang Jung-du’s explanation did not come to Lee Hyun-wook’s ears.

-The’ether engine’ is forming in the heart. (62%)

* May be accompanied by excruciating pain!

“—Kim.”

It was because the pain in the heart was even more intense.

Lee Hyun-wook eventually collapsed.

“Uh! Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee—!”

Park Joon-mo supported him, but he couldn’t get up.

‘Damn, isn’t this really my heart stopping?’

He felt desperately to feel his heart twisting.

And from within, I could see that something intense energy was springing up.

‘Mana… … .’

Yes, his heart began to produce a huge amount of mana.

But at that moment, something strange began to happen.

Above—this—this—this—this——!

In the workshop, the magic engineering items that were standing still began to work all at once.

“This, how is this……that’s not yet equipped with the battery…….”

With Kang Jeong-du’s voice as if surprised, Lee Hyun-wook lost his mind.

***

-This morning, there was a briefing by 〈Seoul Erosion Response Headquarters〉 that the Seoul subjugation operation is approaching the final stage, but a large number of monsters are still being found all over Seoul… … .

A man’s voice came from somewhere.

-… … Accordingly, the opinion that the ‘blessing’ of the saint is necessary is coming out one after another throughout the player world. As the head of 〈Saint Dome〉, she can cast a wide range of blessing magic, but she is extremely reluctant to reveal her personal identity after facing the threat of assassination two years ago. Will the Saints move for Seoul? … .

It seemed to be the sound of TV news.

Lee Hyun-wook opened his eyes.

The whole body was cold sweat.

‘This is, ah, Kang Jeong-du’s room… … .’

And there were a lot of system messages popping up in front of me.

– Congratulations! New’skill’ is given by satisfying special conditions.

[Skill information]

-Name: Ether Engine

-Grade: D

– effect

1) Mana Heart: Mana total increases. (+50,000) Mana regeneration increases. (+500%)

2) Mana Transfer: You can give’mana’ to a player or a’controllable target’.

3) Mana Link: You can’synchronize’ with the magic circuit of the target mana transfer.

* When the hidden conditions are satisfied, the skill level is improved.

Lee Hyun-wook slowly examined the contents.

It absorbed the infinite power of a nuclear power plant, and the heart was converted into 〈Mana Heart〉.

And as much as it absorbed the legendary grade, the aspect was really enormous.

‘Still, the mana total increased drastically by swallowing the mana hearts obtained from the Black Orc a few days ago, but this is what… … I don’t think I really need to worry about mana anymore.’

-Mana: 59,441/59,441

In short, infinite metal crushing and infinite metal transformation might be possible.

‘If I had met the sturgeon in this state, I would have blown it up and wiped it out… … .’

But the important thing was not such a mana total.

The 2nd skill 〈mana transfer〉 and the 3rd skill 〈mana connection〉 were in fact the core.

‘It means producing mana from the heart and supplying mana to controllable objects… … .’

Lee Hyun-wook remembered the unusual scene that took place just before he passed out.

Hextech items that worked out of nowhere… … .

At that moment, it seemed that Lee Hyun-wook felt some kind of “connection” with them.

‘So, doesn’t it mean that I can recharge the mana battery of the hextech equipment? Furthermore, with the development of magic engineering in the future, various items will be developed. If you use them freely… … .’

This is crazy.

He thought so and jumped up.

“Ah! Water lord, did you wake up?”

The water lord… … It was Kang Hee-seol to put that ridiculous title in his mouth.

She was holding her head out of the sliding door.

“How long have I been…… lying down?”

“Well, about 15 minutes? 16 minutes? That’s it.”

It didn’t seem that I had passed out for so long.

“Would you like a glass of water? There is also Yoplait.”

“… … Yoplait?”

“Yes, can I offer you yopla?”

“No, that’s something a little weird… … .”

Hee-seol Kang wasn’t normal to recommend Yoplait to someone who got fainted.

By the way, not only Kang Jeong-du, but also Kim Se-hee and Park Jun-mo were not visible.

“Hee-seol, where have you all gone?”

“After the water lord passed out, I went to pick up the healer. But, it looks like I don’t need it?”

“Ah…….”

When I opened a visit, it was a workshop.

And in the middle of it, an airdrop device was placed in the middle.

Lee Hyun-wook raised his left hand toward it.

OK… … .

Ooh ooh ooh! It really works.

And slowly floated into the air.

-‘Mana Transfer’ starts in’Air Drop (Prototype)’.

* Mana reduction per second: 50

Just by holding that up, a whopping 50 mana per second is reduced.

However, a greater amount of mana is recovered in real time.

‘That is, it is infinite power.’

I originally thought that in order to use that properly, I would have to work hard to develop the mana battery for at least a few months… … It seemed that there was no need for that.

At that time, someone jumped into the workshop.

“What… is it okay?”

It was Sehee Kim. He was holding a health recovery potion in both of her hands.

“Hah…… I went to the AMT unit there to call a healer, but I was so sane. So I borrowed a health recovery potion like this. Now— Drink this.”

“Thank you, it’s okay.”

“What’s okay, why are you suddenly falling down on pick picks? I’ve been walking in the future with someone I believe in now, but what if I suddenly go out on business?”

“haha… … .”

“Isn’t there a major chronic disease? You said you fell down the other time.”

Come to think of it, he fainted even when he absorbed the’devil’s medal (legion)’.

I thought it could be a big deal at an important moment while picking up anything and eating it.

“It’s okay. I’m not dying.”

“Ha…”

then-

Get-Da-Da-Dang–!

“What is this, isn’t the gunfire?”

Kim Se-hee nodded at Lee Hyun-wook’s question.

“That’s… I have a problem outside.”

“Are you, was that AMT?”

The AMT troops I saw while coming here and their sweeping operations seemed to be in crisis.

“Yes, that’s right. The AMTs in the alley still couldn’t enter the underground parking lot. Even 4 tankers were dragged into the underground parking lot… Ha, it’s still upset.”

Sehee Kim looked bitter.

“… … What kind of monster are you dealing with, are you all caught in that way?”

“Well, I also looked at it for a while, but it’s like a long red vine… … .”

At that point, Lee Hyun-wook tilted his head.

‘A vine that is red enough to attract people is only in the hands of the devil… … Did it appear in Wave 4? I don’t think

Lee Hyun-wook felt a sense of alienation that he would not know for some reason.

“… … Let us go.”

“Yes? Us? We don’t even have weapons.”

“Weapons are all over here.”

Well, this was the smithy.

“No, isn’t it, is your body better than that?”

“Because you don’t have to worry.”

Lee Hyun-wook said so, and picked up a bead-shaped machine from the box on the workbench.

-Acquired’Flying Eye (Prototype)’.

‘In the words of Jiang Jung-du, this is a kind of mana drone and self-destruction device, maybe?’

Just before fainting, what Kang Jeong-doo explained came to my mind.

-You can synchronize the item through ‘Link Mana’.

‘Synchronization… … ‘

Lee Hyun-wook started synchronization.

Then “Flying Eye” came to mind, and a completely different scene unfolded in front of him.

Wing— Wing—

Surprisingly, it was the camera point of view of “Flying Eye”.

‘This is the same as the magic drone’s view of the wizard is linked.’

It was a little dizzy because it moved so fast, but you were able to control it to some extent.

Anyhow, it seemed to be useful.

***

AMT troops lined up in front of the underground parking lot of an eight-story shopping building.

“after…….”

They were struggling with the unidentified vines extending from the underground parking lot.

It was a brief lull now, but I couldn’t relax because the vines were popping out periodically.

And they, no matter how much they were cut out and burned, they came out endlessly.

“Damn, it’s too late now… … .”

About 40 minutes ago, two kids were dragged into there.

They tried several times to save them.

But rather, five more tanks were pulled in… … .

Eventually, he gave up his own rescue and requested support from the ‘attack platoon.’

“Platoon Commander, who is coming! Ah! I’m wearing an AMT uniform!”

However, they were too few, three to be called reinforcements.

And it seemed like he wasn’t even armed… … .

“Huh? It’s not a support force, it’s her sergeant earlier?”

“Bit, I was crazy, but I came next to whining for a potion, and what else?”

They were Hyun-wook Lee, Se-hee Kim, and Jun-mo Park.

Lee Hyun-wook first looked at the vines scattered at the entrance of the underground parking lot and realized that the sense of foreignness he felt was not wrong.

‘This is the devil’s grasp.’

This was not a monster that occurred in the 4th wave.

‘It doesn’t even appear as a monster outside the gate like this. Appears like a trap inside the dungeon. In other words, it means someone took it out on purpose… … .’

I had a gut feeling that a conspiracy was beginning under Lee Hyun-wook.

“-there!”

At that time, someone shouted so.

A middle-class female officer came over here.

Her name was Lee Tae-kyung, probably the commander and platoon leader of this platoon.

“What are you! Are you watching now?”

Hagien, I was fighting a battle between life and death, but I felt like I was going to come and watch.

“Loyalty— I’m sorry, but do you know any information about that monster?”

“… … What?”

The devil’s grasp had nothing to be seen in person unless it was the’attack team’ entering the dungeon.

Therefore, there was a high possibility that he was not familiar with the countermeasures clearly and was in vain.

“That’s a plant-type monster called Devil’s Grasp. It regenerates so fast that it’s useless to cut out the protruding tentacles. You need to remove the thick trunk and core from the inside.”

However, Lee Hyun-wook’s advice didn’t seem to work.

“What are you saying now….. Hey, can’t you see this? How can I get in there? I guess we didn’t?”

I had already tried to enter several times, but it seemed to have failed.

“Woo- If you’ve come to salt now, go back quickly, please… … I thought some people died here, and I thoughtlessly… … .”

Lee Hyun-wook shook his head.

“They aren’t dead yet.”

“What-?”

“The devil’s grasp sucks the body fluids of living creatures, but only eats cold blood. So, after injecting paralysis poison, it waits for the body temperature to drop, and it will probably be eaten by tonight.”

As Lee Hyun-wook shouted out, embarrassment spread to Lee Tae-kyung’s face.

“That, for what reason…….”

Lee Hyun-wook did not answer, passed by Lee Tae-kyung, and went a little closer.

“If it’s not excuse me, can we try to enter?”

Then, Taekyung Lee’s face was distorted once again.

“Do not bluff buriji no basis for affiliation from this bitch”

At that, Lee Hyun-wook turned his head and gave a big salute.

“Sorry. We are a member of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Horse Brigade, and I am Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook, the 5th Squad Leader of the 1st Company.”

The moment she heard that, her eyebrows wriggled.

Paragraph 3 Horse Brigade 1st Battalion… … It was because I’ve heard so many stories about them lately.

“Oh, then that unit that survived the wave…… huh? No way…….”

Lee Hyun-wook added a word to this.

“Although I am a soldier, but not long ago… I was the commander of a unit called the Steel Company.”

Then, the gaze poured out toward him was inevitably changed.