A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 72



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Steel eating player chapter 72
〈Secret Police Bureau-1〉

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Writer’s Note) In the previous episode, a scene where Kaito Okita puts a’fly eye’ in his pocket just before he ran away was added.

In the years to come, the whole world will fall into the hands of the Villan organization. After a long time under the water, they took control of politics and economy, and they took over players and items.

At that time, no one could stop them, and they took out a world conquest card called Necromancer.

‘However… … Not yet.’

At this point in time, the villain organization wasn’t enough to engage the whole world.

Heroes still exist, and countries around the world are striving to maintain order.

That’s why they were focusing on hiding and calling their forces right now.

‘Now, the best thing I can do is… … It’s preventing them from growing up.’

It was a foolish thing beyond gambling to announce and seek out Villain’s existence without any reason to say that he had a few pennies of fame right away. For now, just do everything possible to keep them in check and collect evidence to unveil them—that was the answer.

‘For that, I must not be alone. We need a big force.’

As they are eating metallurgical metallurgy in many ways, there was bound to be a limit no matter how hard Lee Hyun-wook tried alone. In other words, assistance was needed in all aspects of economy, politics, battle, and information.

Therefore, Lee Hyun-wook was building up a position with trustworthy characters.

Representatively, there are heroes from AMT who have responded to villains in the past, such as Kim Kang-seok and Choi Jeong-cheol, and furthermore, there are Master Seo-yoon Kang of Zmunnarae and Woo Sung-moon, the number one player in the government.

‘But it’s still impossible to get them into my plan in many ways.’

For a while, I expected that I would have to work alone, without strong assistance.

However, an unexpected, very powerful one appeared.

St. Mary, Emilia Müller, a woman who was not in the plans of Lee Hyun-wook… … .

Lee Hyun-wook proposed to her to create a “secret organization,” and after the situation had been corrected, she once again sat face to face with her in the VIP room.

“You can understand it as saying to respond to the team that you asked for a little bit ago…… villain?”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded at her question.

“As you may know, this will not be the last conspiracy of the villain organization.”

“Oh, it is…… of course…….”

Her expression darkened again.

This moment was overcome with Lee Hyun-wook’s performance.

But if a moment like this comes next again… … .

Her life was still in jeopardy.

“Ha—I was lucky to cut out the rotten branches, but the fucking things haven’t changed.”

“…….”

“Hey, can you pass me some whiskey?”

“Please be patient now.”

“Ah-”

She sighed and squeezed the plain water.

“K-Well, then you can keep staying with me… … Hmm, isn’t it?”

The gaze secretly hoped for, but Lee Hyun-wook nodded firmly.

“… … I can’t. So I’m telling you to create an organization that can respond to them. So… … Governor, please tell me what you know about Villain.”

She knows some information about Villain. Nicholas Steele, because he told her something, and that was why the villains couldn’t kill her… … .

As she looked into the air, she nodded slowly.

“……This is something I haven’t told anyone until now.”

Emilia carefully took out a secret she knew, as if opening Pandora’s box.

However, that was a story that Hyunwook Lee already knew.

Gordon Price, a key figure in the Guardian, an organization that responds to Villain, was that he was actually interfering with the Guardian as the leader of Villain.

Anyway, what I gained from sharing this fact could be said to be complete trust with her.

“Ha- even the Guardian… … As expected, it was a good thing that I didn’t get the Guardian Quest.”

Of course, apart from trust, I had to act like this for the first time.

“Yes, that’s right. Actually, I used you to dig up your information, but I think this is a lot better. If you’re going to create a team…… I will join you unconditionally.”

She said, with an expression of firm determination.

“You respond much easier than you thought…?”

At that, Emilia Pisik laughed, reached out, and took the whiskey next to Lee Hyun-wook.

“From today, Lee Hyun-wook, you, me, are the people whom St. Mary trusts the most.”

“Isn’t this, you’re giving me such a grand title too suddenly?”

“That’s it, the reason I’m alive is because of you, right?”

Emilia shrugged, as if for granted, pointing to Lee Hyun-wook’s left arm.

“So, I trust you enough to be able to care for it in a way other than Hill.”

“…….”

“What, that look…… I’m kidding. Anyway, what are you going to do with a team?”

Lee Hyun-wook shrugged.

“We don’t have a big vision yet. As you said… it’s about gathering people you can trust.”

At that point, Emilia nodded. What she lacked most was nothing but a reliable companion, so it was the first step that seemed to be the most worthy for her.

“Hey, you can’t start a big deal from the beginning. Oh, and if you have anything you need, tell me anything. I’m an idiot with a lot of money even after I see it. I’ll provide whatever you need.”

Yes, her influence was really powerful.

〈St. Dome〉 was supported by the Republic of Chad, but was technically an independent institution.

And St. Dome was famous for making as much money as a large corporation, and the money earned by making and selling relics or dispatching paladins or priests was on the side.

At first glance, the “Holly Field” was just 900 billion won of magic… … .

In other words, Emilia Muller was the head of that huge organization with a lot of manpower and a lot of money.

Of course, she was a symbolic figure, and while others might be taking over her practice, her influence within the organization was sure to be certain.

‘As she said, there’s a good line of money.’

It seemed that there would be momentum in Lee Hyun-wook’s plans in the future.

And right now, I decided to complete a plan.

“Oh, and…… There is something I could ask for in particular. It’s a little difficult, but….”

“Yes, just say anything and I’ll take care of it.”

Lee Hyun-wook paused for a while, then opened his mouth with a very serious expression.

“I’d like to scout the guild I raise……the magic engineering researchers from the Republic of Chad.”

The Republic of Chad was a leader in the magic engineering industry. That is why the best manpower was gathered. However, as’Laputa’ appeared above Seoul, the perception of the magic engineering industry was expected to change.

Lee Hyun-wook now, out of nowhere, expressed his willingness to get on the ground fluctuations.

Emilia tilted her head.

“Ah……it would be a sensitive issue because you’re going to take out a professional manpower……what’s the reason?”

Instead of answering, Lee Hyun-wook took something out of his arms and listened.

That was some key.

The item’s information appeared in front of Lee Hyun-wook’s eyes.

[Item information]

-Name: Master Key of Ancient Heritage

-Effect: Unknown

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

He looked at it again and looked at Emilia.

“This… … It is the master key of Laputa, a magic engineering city floating above Seoul.”

At that, Emilia frowned as if she hadn’t heard it properly.

“Bar, just……what did you say?”

“I said it’s Laputa’s Master Key.”

The moment I heard it again, I had to stand up from my seat with my mouth wide open.

“No now, everything, you’re… you’re the manager of Laputa, now—?”

“Yes. I got it as a reward for the 4th wave.”

She couldn’t talk for a while, then sat down on the couch.

“Ah, wow……you’re a better person than I thought…… Then…….”

“Magic Engineering City, I haven’t been there yet, but I plan to use it soon.”

“Ah…… you think our secret organization is bigger than I thought?”

It was obvious that Laputa would show tremendous progress in magic engineering research.

Lee Hyun-wook was planning to be at the forefront of that future technology, and he needed “manpower” for him.

Emilia looked bleak and handed over a sip of whiskey, or even two.

“Who- yes, okay. If that’s a problem… … You have to use some strength.”

Yes, it was a matter that could be handled without difficulty if it were the governor of St. Dome.

“Who…… There are a lot of things to do with my heart racing today…… Also, what can I do?

“After that, just…… do not leave St. Dome until I contact you.”

“Well… that’s what I do best. By the way, doesn’t that mean you shouldn’t do anything?”

“That’s right. Don’t accept new people for now… Do an internal check. Emilia Muller’s top priority is survival, keep that in mind, and drink in moderation for a clear mind.”

Emilia grinned and took a sip of Gerey’s whiskey.

“K-Thank you for allowing me to have that goal. I will try.”

Lee Hyun-wook shook his head and stood up from his seat.

“I’ve been here for too long. I’ll have to go out now.”

“Yes. I’ll set up a secret network, so I’ll keep in touch.”

“Yes, please do that too.”

At that time, she took something out of her inner pocket and gave it to Lee Hyun-wook.

“Okay, take this one.”

-Acquired the Golden Leaves of the World Tree (Special).

[Item information]

-Name: Golden Leaves of the World Tree (Special)

-Effect: Only once, becomes ‘invincible’ for 10 seconds.

This time, Lee Hyun-wook was bound to be surprised.

“No……isn’t this an item that is absolutely preventing leakage in the Republic of Chad?”

The Republic of Chad monopolizes several by-products related to the world tree—leaves and branches, and exports them as specialty products. The amount of exports earned in this way amounted to tens of trillions each year. Therefore, all of these products were specially managed by the government and illegal smuggling was strictly prohibited.

“I have to give this much, I think I’m going to have a bit of anxiety, and I can’t do it naturally later?”

Emilia smiled.

Lee Hyun-wook took it without saying anything.

It was a fairly rare item that it was difficult to set a price for.

‘Emilia… … I got a huge helper that I didn’t expect at all.’

Obviously, Villan will continue to target her, but if she somehow protected her and joined her, it would surely be a significant weapon.

***

Two days have passed since the day of the devil summoning and attempted assassination of the saint.

After another terrible crisis, Seoul has now regained some stability.

St. Mary’s party safely returned to St. Dome, and Lee Hyun-wook also returned to the unit.

The news still talked about the issue in a noisy way, but it would soon fade.

However, the government’s counterintelligence agency, headed by Woo Sung-moon, was busier than ever.

The terrorist group attacking Seoul could not find out the reality, so there was no time to rest.

Woo Sung-moon was sitting in the office and receiving reports from the heads of each department.

“… … Still, the routes of entry for terrorists are not being tracked. As expected, it is assumed that all of them used the shadow baron’s skill, and how to trace it… … Virtually none.”

“And all the terrorists captured on the scene were also killed by potential spells. We checked the corpse’s identity, and all of them came out as extremist members of the player cartel in Latin America.”

He did not know what kind of group it was, but he had a heinous prescription in order not to be uncovered.

“We have requested cooperation from Latin American countries, but only two countries have yet to answer.”

Whenever Woo Sung-moon reported and received the results of such a skeptical investigation, someone’s face came to mind.

‘Lee Hyun-wook…….’

Whenever he faced difficulties, he found the correct answer with an astonishing base.

Thus, he saved Seoul three times.

That is undoubtedly a fact, which Woo Sung-moon witnessed in person.

‘Even that Okita Kaito… … I lost in the 1v1 confrontation.’

That fact was truly astounding. I still couldn’t believe that the swordsman who killed the 4th place in the Korean rankings, a newcomer who wasn’t even in the rankings yet, knocked them out and killed them halfway.

All of them were great, but there was another reason Woo Sung-moon wanted Lee Hyun-wook.

‘It is even the only operator of an absolute surveillance item called Hugin.’

For the past few days, I’ve been feeling the difference between having and without him. So I asked him to formally work for the government several times… … I was rejected like a knife.

‘Are you really freelancers, will you only cooperate in that ridiculous way… … .’

When he discovered ‘Event Map’ and met Woo Sung-moon, he offered to become a freelance black agent.

He said he would not be affiliated with the government while using the power of the government… … It was really funny.

At that time, it was an urgent situation, so I had no choice but to comply with his request, but I could not continue to maintain that condition. It’s ridiculous to give outsiders the government’s express powers.

‘Is there any ambition to ask for that, or does it have another purpose… … .’

However, Woo Sung-moon did not care what Lee Hyun-wook was inside.

It was because it was only certain that he was not an enemy of the Republic of Korea.

The ultimate purpose of Woo Sung-moon was the security of this country, and there was only one thing.

And now, the security of this country has been shaken several times.

The crisis would still only be there, he intuited.

‘We need a way for the crisis to come in the future.’

He couldn’t deny that the most powerful of those strategies was Lee Hyun-wook.

And Lee Hyun-wook will become a more important person in the future, Woo Sung-moon predicted.

The reason is that… … .

“Is there any news for this team leader and Laputa?”

“Oh, yeah! It says it’s still inaccessible.”

A super-large object rising above Seoul, Laputa, the city of magic engineering… … .

Not a few hours have passed since it appeared, but it was still in the process of being unable to enter.

‘Inaccessible, this is the same phenomenon as when the world tree first appeared.’

When the world tree was first born on Lake Chad, it was not possible to approach the 2km direction due to the barrier.

At that time, Donald Harris, an S-class spiritist who will be called the manager of the world tree, appeared.

The world tree was only released to the world after he lifted the access ban using special authority.

In addition, the entrance authority of’Laputa’ was highly likely to have the greatest public confidence of the 4th wave.

‘That’s Lee Hyun-wook, not anyone else.’

But when he was thinking about Lee Hyun-wook like that… … .

“Sergeant! I just got a call from Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook!”

“Well, that, I don’t understand the spirit… … Location of Kaito Okita… … I’ve been tracking it.”

At the report of Team Leader Lee Gyo-jun, Woo Sung-moon jumped up without my knowledge.

“What? How the hell…….”

“That’s how the tracking device was planted in the last battle.”

No way, is Lee Hyun-wook giving me a clue again… … .

And the moment he heard that, he made a decision to an agonist he had been worrying for a long time.

“……I’m going to Namsan’s 1st Battalion right now, without having to take a long lead,”

“Ah, yes, I see. I will contact Lieutenant Colonel Kim Gang-seok!”

As he put on his coat, he flicked his finger, as if thinking of something.

“Oh, and Hugin, tell them to take it out and bring it.”

“… … Yes?”

“What would you do if you put that great thing in the warehouse? You have to hand it over to someone who can use it!”

***

Fire training ground of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Horse Brigade, this was a place to test various magic.

There, Lee Hyun-wook and other members of the 5th squad gathered and were training their skills.

And now, Lee Hyun-wook was standing in the dead.

He slowly raised his arms.

Ooh ooh ooh——

As a result, as many as ten’aircraft devices (prototypes)’ soared into the sky at the same time.

The scenes of them floating in a lofty manner felt mysteriously.

“Wow… … .”

“What, it looks like a UFO flyer.”

While everyone was admiring, Lee Hyun-wook was also excited about it.

‘Okay, when I used only two, the firepower was enormous, but if I was a teenager… … .’

A few days ago, with only two generations, dozens of gangsters were swept away.

“Oh my god, it’s my spirit!”

This voice was Kang Jeong-du. At the request of Lee Hyun-wook, he came into the unit with 10 airdrop devices. Because the only room to test this was the troops.

“Well, the injection unit you requested last time was also installed. I forgot to tell you.”

“Oh, thank you. I’ll try it right now.”

It wasn’t just shooting iron beads, but a device that could shoot powerfully with magical power, Lee Hyun-wook asked to attach it to the princess dropping device, and it was completed in a few days.

-It has been’synchronized’ with’Air Drop (Prototype-2)’.

* Available operations are as follows

1) Item storage

2) Item delivery

3) magic injection

Lee Hyun-wook gave the third function, ‘Magic Injection’, to 10 air throwing devices simultaneously.

Then—the lower part of the box opened, and a roar broke out.

Do-do-do-do-do-do–!

By the magical power, the iron beads began to shoot like bullets.

It looked like the baptism of an absorbent heavy machine gun,

Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr Burr!

In the distance, from one side of the mound, sand dust arose as if thousands of cannons had been honed. If there were monsters over there, it was a destructive power that would have turned all of them into chunks of meat.

“Wow…… Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee, now you are almost at the level of a single-man cavalry.”

Mintae Ahn said so.

Yes, I exaggerated a little and reached the level that could produce the same firepower as an armored unit alone.

At that time, a member of the 2nd Squad stood at the entrance to the fire training ground and shouted.

“—Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee, this is the Battalion Commander’s call!”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded as if he already knew.

Then I slowly lowered both hands.

Ooh ooh ooh——

Ten airdrops were piled up in a trailer that was stopped on one side.

“Elderly, I have a job, so I think I should stop going in.”

“Yes, please feel free to call me anytime! Am I not from General Lee?”

“Haha—it’s an equal business partnership. Thank you all the time.”

Lee Hyun-wook went straight to the battalion commander’s office.

As expected, Chief Woo Seong-moon was there.

“… … Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook, is that really?”

Chief Woo Seong-moon, who was sitting on the sofa, jumped up and asked.

“Is it true that you planted a tracking device in Kaito Okita?”

Woo Sung-moon was in charge of the government’s counter-intelligence operation and was tracking a terrorist organization.

However, when I couldn’t find any evidence to say this, I got a call from Lee Hyun-wook.

“Yes, that’s right. When I was fighting with Kaito Okita, I put in the hextech equipment developed by my exclusive blacksmith. I’m sorry that I contacted you late because the location is now known.”

When the Shadow Baron dragged Kaito Okita, he put a “fly eye” in his pocket.

After that, I asked Jung-Doo Kang to track the mana pattern that the fly eye emit.

As a result, the location where they were ‘Shadow Link’ was photographed.

‘That was also the location I was hoping for.’

Lee Hyun-wook looked at Kim Kang-seok.

“Since the 4th wave, I have been suspicious of the Taesan guild all the time.”

“Ah, no way…….”

“Yes, his last location is the Taesan Guild’s office building, underground. As it was two days ago, it is unlikely that he will be there, but it seems that the connection between them and the Taesan Guild has been proven.”

Both Woo Sung-moon and Kim Gang-seok nodded with surprised expressions.

‘The Taesan Guild is the outpost of Villain.’

Before the 4th wave, the Republic of Korea had not yet been encroached on by villains. However, during the 4th wave and collapsed in many ways, the villains dug in and took control of everything.

No such thing would happen anymore.

‘In other words, if Taesan is cut off, villain’s breath toward Korea will be significantly reduced.’

Meanwhile, after listening to Woo Sung-moon and Lee Hyun-wook, he touched his chin as if thinking about something.

“Of course, Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee, you are…… Even if it’s different, it’s different.”

Then he slowly raised his head and looked at Lee Hyun-wook.

“Let’s sign a freelance contract as Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee wants.”

“Yes?”

“We will create a special secret police station to track terrorists who are threatening this country.”

He said so and gave something out.

That was the item’Fugin’ that was returned immediately after the last operation.

“I would like you to act as the director of the contract for that secret agency.”

“…….”

“As long as the contract is established and the contract is valid, Hugin is yours.”

An unexpected force rolled in by itself.