A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 79



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Steel eating player chapter 79
〈Hextech City, Laputa-3〉

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The unfair “Friedwen” began to slowly lower the altitude toward Laputa.

Ooh ooh ooh——

It was a smooth movement like sinking in water rather than landing. During that short time of swimming, Park Joon-mo grabbed the window sill like a child on a plane and began to admire it.

“Wow, wow…….”

Dozens of skyscrapers floating thousands of meters in the sky lit the sun and flashed with different light from time to time. The blue sky behind it felt like the sea, and the clouds felt like a mist of water.

It was natural to be fascinated by the mysterious and magnificent scenery.

However, Lee Hyun-wook’s impressions were quite different.

‘Also… … It is distinctly different from Laputa’s appearance that I remember.’

When I faced Laputa’s true appearance, I felt a sense of foreignness.

As Lee Hyun-wook had infiltrated Laputa in his previous life, he had the memory of seeing this city up close. And Laputa in his memory… … It was a fortress of the villains called the’devil’s castle’.

And unlike now, it was a rather bizarre design with a dark red color and tentacles protruding.

‘Yes, even though it was far from such a beautiful figure, it was a long time away.’

At that moment, that hellish memory began to unfold before my eyes.

Intense memories of the previous life, one corner… … Lee Hyun-wook was also riding in unfairness back then.

Whoa woo——

The black sea and the black sky, in that magnificent darkness where the top and bottom are not separated,

He stared blankly at the dark red Laputa hanging on the horizon in the distance.

At that time, someone’s urgent voice hit my ears.

“-Damn it! The unidentified weapon at the bottom of Laputa works again!”

At the same time, I could see the lower part of Laputa open and a red light leaked out.

– caution! The’Sudasanar bombing’ begins in the area.

The end of the night sea began to turn red with a strong warning message.

The dazzling red light as if the sunrise began… … .

“Damn! Warn the maritime fleet!”

“—Now, it’s late!”

The red rays from Laputa were forced to cover everyone’s eyes. That intense lump of energy that might be mistaken for sunlight fell on the allied maritime fleet besieging Laputa.

Kwa-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-—!

Binge drinking, and binge drinking—I was deaf by the continued binge drinking.

Kugugugu… … .

At the end of that long blow, half of the fleet was destroyed, and the rest were captured by the tsunami.

“…….”

The unfair “Gate Sentinel” that was heading towards Laputa had no choice but to stop in vain.

Those who were riding in it had nothing to do except to be silent.

Then, a man broke his silence.

“… … We are the only ones left now. And in other words, only we can do it.”

His voice was quite firm and felt like a handful of hope in despair.

“Listen to everyone. This operation cannot be abandoned. It must be successful.”

“…….”

“If we hesitate and turn around here, we’ll end up on a dead end, but I’m sure if we get through that obstacle, we will surely face a new horizon.”

The man who raises the morale of the heroes is the commander of the attack on Laputa,

His name is… … It was Gordon Price.

‘okay… … Landing with Laputa was the worst trap.’

It was an impregnable fortress and a labyrinth that couldn’t be escaped. Those who had been called the hope of mankind walked into the hell with the wrong guide, Gordon Price.

That day, 13 S-Class players were captured by Villan’s Mad Scientist group “Black Door”… … It was used as a material for terrible biological experiments and became a nutrient for enhancing Necromancer ability.

But at this moment, the appearance of Laputa in front of his eyes was markedly different from the “devil’s castle” in his memory. In my memory, it was shining in brilliant white, not the dark red color.

‘… … It seems to have been shaped differently by various requirements.’

Yes, this is a game, and different branches produce completely different results. Perhaps this Laputa appeared in a way that was beneficial to humanity as it appeared by blocking the wave.

‘So… … The tremendous weapons and skills I went through at that time are now my authority.’

Laputa was a city, a research facility, an armory, and a military base.

In other words, it could be seen as one huge society in which all functions are integrated.

By taking this in hand, Lee Hyun-wook completely swallowed up a very large part of the future.

“Uh, I think I’ll be landing soon.”

Friedwen lands in the unfair port of the tallest skyscraper in the “upper city”.

‘This is the control tower order tower that manages the entire Laputa.’

After getting off at Friedwen, the party crossed the translucent sky bridge and stood in front of the “Order Tower” door.

Then, a neutral voice flowed into Lee Hyun-wook’s ear.

“The Laputa’s “master authority” has been confirmed.”

Kugugugu——

The huge door opened slowly, like a castle gate.

「Welcome the manager’s entry. I am Laputa’s auxiliary artificial intelligence 〈Talos〉.」

‘Talos… … I think this voice will sound so friendly.’

Laputa’s artificial intelligence Talos… … Along with a warning message stating that the intruder had been eliminated, a scene of sharpening all sorts of turrets came to mind. And at the end, it appeared as a 30m-sized’Orihalcon Giant’.

“Even Kwon Wang Han Tae-san flew away without stopping Talos from kicking… … .’

After walking down the long corridor, they soon encountered a facility that really looked like a “control tower”. It has a circular structure, and all walls are made of glass, allowing you to look down on all sides of Laputa.

Uh–

Then, something like a round ball came down from the ceiling.

Then, the surface of the ball—a emoticon-like expression on the screen emerged.

「(^_^) Hello! Welcome to Laputa’s command tower, “Eyes of the Sky”!”

“—Huh! Is this a monster?”

Park Jun-mo said so and stepped back. Sparks shattered from both his hands.

Since the majority of the’existence’ in this game were monsters, it was natural to react like this.

Then Talos’ expression turned into a confused face and climbed up to the ceiling as if running away.

「(0_0) Evil! Don’t attack me! Repairs won’t be expensive! Also, there is a concern that this Laputa system may be disrupted for a while, so we eagerly ask you not to do so!」

Then, as if Park Joon-mo was avoiding, he turned away and came to Lee Hyun-wook, but isn’t he showing a tearful expression on the face of the screen?

“Gap, manager of Laputa… … I’m Talos, whom I greeted a little while ago.”

‘What, it’s over… … I didn’t know he was such a character… … .’

I wondered if the giant who stepped on the A-class player like a worm and killed him was right.

“Yes, nice to meet you. You’re a supporter of me, maybe?”

「(^_^) Yes, it is. You can ask anything and order anything.」

“If so, I would like to explain the important things that I can do from now on.”

At this moment, what I was most curious about and needed most was how to use this huge object.

“Ah! Administrators care about Silly! However, it is common to visit this glorious city the first time you enter, so why don’t you start with such a course?”

“No, I don’t think it takes weeks to go all over here, so check the features first.”

「Yes, I will. But as you can see, Laputa is a huge facility! Since there are so many features, the explanation may be a bit longer. Please understand this!」

Since then, Talos has really started giving out a lot of explanations… … .

‘Hmm, it’s useless… … .’

This artificial intelligence guy… … It seemed that he lacked a sense of spirit. When I was asked to explain the function, he recited almost the whole part of life, hobbies, research, function, and air defense that can be done in this Laputa like a manual.

‘……It is not necessary for me to learn even these quirky things.’

Lee Hyun-wook wasn’t even doing it alone to “operate” this Laputa. And in the long run, so that Lee Hyun-wook would not bother, it was necessary to train and put in a number of professional manpower.

‘And one of them… … You can get it right now.’

One of the key crew members of the super-giant, non-engineered 〈Gate Sentinel〉 to be built in the future would have been wandering in an independent state. Lee Hyun-wook was thinking of finding the man as he went down to the ground.

“Talos, other than those quirky features, um……what special features would there be?”

“Yes! There are so many special things. Magma sauna or 1km skydiving again… … .」

“No, I mean…… I’m talking about an extraordinary privilege that only administrators can use.”

In response to that, the expression turns to the chin as if contemplating.

“Ah! You are referring to 〈Power Craft〉! Yes, can I explain it right away?」

I only understood it now.

Something like the world tree or Laputa will later be referred to as a “transcendental object”.

They generate powerful blessings in the whole area just by being there.

However, if the manager intervened and adjusted, the function could have been greatly increased.

‘That’s 〈Power Craft〉 and the World Tree is being used that way.’

Donald Harris, the manager of the World Tree, blesses a wide area of ​​healing every six months.

Except for St. Emilia Müller, this is the highest level of wide-area healing magic, which once again arouses the old energy concentrated in the world tree and at the same time enhances the’life force’ of the whole area.

‘The magical herbs from Chad that grow at that time are so efficient that it is worth calling them.’

Even if there is an area of ​​the world tree during that period, all the bottles disappear as if washed.

Therefore, by that time, there are millions of pilgrims who visit the world tree.

Of course, in the Republic of Chad, immigrants are strictly controlled so that no one can enter… … .

‘So, using Laputa in that way, you can get tremendous benefits.’

Lee Hyun-wook for a moment imagined the future in which Laputa would exhibit more productive power than one developed country.

But…….

“Well, by the way… … Many of the special features are currently unavailable.」

“… … Why?”

So the explanation began again.

A long time ago, it starts with the story of the gnomes, the designers of Laputa, to summarize… … .

After Laputa was attacked by an unknown enemy, the five factions of Laputa moved to different dimensions with the important core components that make up Laputa and killed them.

‘What, is it just an obvious background story?’

Lee Hyun-wook listened to the story until the middle, then sighed and shook his hand.

“Okay, so you have to find the ruins of the gnome and find what kind of’parts’?”

“Yes, that’s right! After all, you understand quickly!”

In simple terms, it meant that you had to perform a quest in order to use the unlocked features. Even with such high-class privileges, it was designed to promote progressive growth, like a “game”.

‘Part of that is that I got 〈Friedwen〉 from the gnome ruins. You’re bothering me… … .’

“By the way, some basic privileges are still available.”

“okay? Show me that.”

「(^_^)7 Yes! I’ll get ready right away!」

[Laputa: Power Craft Function]

1) Wide area blessing (in application)

2) Balivalvir designation (applicable)

Unfortunately, there seemed to be only these two right now.

Number one, the “wide-area blessing” was a blessing that is currently given to all of Seoul.

“No. 2, what is Balivalvir?”

“Yes, Laputa is a public city, and you can ‘bless’ the areas below it.’

“Yes, I know that.”

“By the way, Balibalvir is a feature that gives concentrated benefits in a small area.”

Balibalvir was the name of a region governed by Laputa in 〈Gulliver’s Travels〉.

In other words, it could be viewed as designating a place where Laputa’s influence would be maximized.

“Oh, can I see it as a kind of special magic engineering zone designation?”

“Yes, that’s a good interpretation!”

Hextech special… … It was a matter of not having to worry about where to use this.

“Okay, I use it now.”

Then, a map of Seoul was lit in front of Lee Hyun-wook’s eyes, and Lee Hyun-wook chose the vicinity of Kang Jeong-du’s workshop.

“Would you like to apply the area as “Balibalvir”?”

“Yes, I apply.”

-‘Balibalvir’ has been applied to the area!

* The rate of increase in experience value for players in the production line is greatly increased. (+50%)

* The ‘production success rate’ of all items is greatly increased. (+50%)

*’Unexpected birth in failure’ is applied with a certain probability. (10%)

‘Okay, I gave Kang Jung-du one more wing.’

This seemed to have provided another foothold for the “super gap” in hextech.

***

Lee Hyun-wook reviewed several more features, and then pulled out Horus’ Eye Sculpture No. 3 (legendary).

‘When you absorb this, your eyes change… … There is no such place to be as faint as here.’

gulp-

-Until metal absorption (unknown time) remains.

As it is a legendary item, ‘Unknown Time’ has emerged.

Even if the internal furnace was fully operated, it would take a considerable amount of time, so he informed Kim Se-hee and Park Joon-mo that they could pass out and that this was not a chronic disease, but part of a way to increase their ability.

“Ah……I mean, you just have to do the care by your side all day, right?”

“Anyway, team leader Kim…… Do you think negatively every time you look at it?”

Kim Se-hee’s characteristic was that he tickled a sound that he didn’t even have in his heart every moment.

However, as Lee Hyun-wook pointed out that way, he looked very embarrassed.

“—Yes? What, what, when am I? Really…….”

“Anyway, since you don’t have to be next to me and there is a training ground here, it’s a chance to grow, too.”

“Well…… the training ground? Ha…… So you’re saying that you’re doing self-study all day?”

Kim Se-hee was an expression that wasn’t very interested.

“Kim team leader, do you know you just said negatively?”

“…….”

“Anyway, it’s too early to be disappointed. Even if the training ground here is different, it will be very different.”

“Hey……if it’s such an ultra-high facility, well, the scarecrow is gold…….”

Sehee Kim stopped trying to talk.

Again, like Lee Hyun-wook’s words, it was something that I did not know.

“Ah, what…….”

Lee Hyun-wook smiled and shook his head.

“No, you can get experience while training.”

Only then did Sehee Kim look surprised.

“… … Yeah?”

It was an absolute factor for experience and level growth players. However, experience can only be obtained by hunting monsters, so you must risk your life to increase the absolute specification of leveling up.

But now, it was possible to do something like a cheat key to safely gain experience while training.

“a… … Isn’t that a complete scam?”

Yes, it was a super-paid object because it had a function close to this scam.

“Oh, of course, it won’t come in as much as catching monsters, but you can run almost any environment, so almost all monsters as a simulation. Right, Talos?”

-(★_★) Yes, that’s right! Laputa’s 〈Surreal Training Ground〉 provides a realistic experience for those who train by manipulating the’world stone’ to make full use of a realistic environment!

‘Okay, there is a way to bring out Kim Se-hee’s potential.’

Kim Se-hee was originally going to join the Black Tiger Army and grow into the best assassin specialist.

As a result, he became associated with Black Orc King’Stonox’.

Lee Hyun-wook was wondering how to give her an environment for growth beyond the Black Tiger army.

‘There is nothing as effective as dealing with monsters in improving the player’s skills.’

At Laputa’s training facility, it would be possible to grow through intense practical experience.

“Oh, and finally…….”

Lee Hyun-wook looked at Park Jun-mo.

“Talos, maybe… Is there a lightning strike on Laputa?”

Laputa is located several kilometers above the ground.

In other words, it was a perfect place for lightning strikes in case of bad weather.

-Yes that’s right. In bad weather, an average of 21 lightning strikes, all converted to energy.

“okay? When will the lightning strike, is it predictable?”

-When analyzing the current weather conditions, there is a 95% chance of a lightning strike this evening.

At that, Lee Hyun-wook smiled and put his hand on Park Jun-mo’s shoulder, and the guy flinched.

“Park Jun-mo, do you have any fear of heights? Here, I think I should go up to the top of the tower?”

Then, Park Joon-mo kept his head down and started muttering what was said.

“Oh, too… … The ominous premonition was real… … .”

“Huh? Park Joon-mo, are you scared? Are you still an F-class mind?”

“… … Ah, ah, no!”

“Player Park Joon-mo catches a health condition, his heart rate is abnormally fast!”

“…….”

As a result, when the three descended to the ground, they were expected to grow even further.

‘And next time I come up, I’ll have to gather people who can move this Laputa.’

If I could roll this super-paid object normally… … .’

The terrible scene Lee Hyun-wook experienced in his previous life would be able to reproduce in reverse.