A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 80



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Steel eating player chapter 80
〈Incheon, Macye, Black Market-1〉

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-New’skill’ is given by satisfying special conditions.

Lee Hyun-wook glanced at the message and stood up. My whole body was soaked in cold sweat. It was because he had been asleep for dozens of hours with the “body furnace” operating at its maximum level.

He checked the details of the newly acquired skill.

[Skill information]

-Name: Insight Lens

-Grade: D

– effect

1) System Analysis: You can analyze hidden’system information’.

2) Cheonlian (千里眼): Your vision is greatly improved. (+300%)

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

As he had this skill in his previous life, Lee Hyun-wook knew its function very well.

‘This was the best utility skill I had in my previous life.’

Utility skills, that is, non-combat element skills, meant a class with a very wide range of applications.

Lee Hyun-wook slowly raised his body.

“… … Talos, how many hours have I been lying down?”

“It has been 28 hours and 48 minutes since you started the task.”

“28 hours… … .”

Lee Hyun-wook looked at Talos, a ball-shaped mechanical device descending from the ceiling.

Then, some system message appeared in front of him.

-Talos: Non-Combat Mode (LV. 130)

* This NPC is friendly to you.

The NPC’s name, level, and disposition were not easily known.

〈Insight Lens〉 was the ability to see basic information of monsters—NPCs in this way.

‘By the way, Talos’ level is 130… … It’s much higher than I thought, right?’

This “level” was not an absolute measure of strength, but it was the most common criterion.

In that respect, Talos, who was at 130 level, could be seen as a very strong side.

Considering that the Orc King Stonox was between level 175 and the dragon level between 180 and 200.

‘Of course, it may not be possible to exert power as much as it does not have a bronze giant, of course.’

If one day I could activate that guy’s “battle mode”, it would be a great weapon.

At that time, the door of the Order Tower opened and Park Jun-mo came in.

However, his hair was somewhat curled.

“Ah! Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee, did you get up?”

“Park Joon-mo, how was it? Lightning off well?”

“Ah……yes…… they hit me a lot more than I thought.”

There was a bit of resentment in his voice.

Subsequently, he said that while Lee Hyun-wook was asleep, he had 11 lightning strikes.

Thus, he experienced a leap forward to five times the existing stats.

“Okay? That’s great. Then I’ll have to come here whenever I have time.”

“…….”

At that time, something was detected in Lee Hyun-wook’s eyes.

-You can’interpret’ the item.

The location was near Park Joon-mo’s waist dance, which was a black wand.

Like this, although the’player’s profile’ could not be verified, the’item information’ could be viewed.

‘I interpret it.’

-Interpreting item information…….

So, after a little time… … .

[Item information]

-Name: Dark Wood Wand (rare)

-Effect: Mana Total (+100), Magic Casting Speed ​​(+10%)

Like this, the information of the opponent’s item could also be found without touching it.

‘… … Above all, it will be of great help in protecting my body.’

Being able to know the function of an opponent’s item just by looking at it—this was invaluable information that allowed us to predict to some extent what the potential adversary in front of us was trying to do.

Thus, it was Lee Hyun-wook’s secret protection system that was able to prevent numerous assassination attempts.

“… … But where is Team Leader Kim?”

“Oh, if you’re not here, it looks like you’re at that, surreal training ground.”

While Lee Hyun-wook was asleep, Kim Se-hee also seemed to train without a break.

‘Kim Se-hee… … Talent is also talent, but it was hard work. If there is an environment, it will grow on its own.’

Lee Hyun-wook drank the cold water that Park Jun-mo brought, and then approached the window.

Looking at the world from the top of Laputa, it was a top-of-the-line view that no hotel would envy.

Then, a vibration rang in his arms.

-Mana messenger (encryption model): Receiving… … .

This mana messenger was in a one-to-one connection with another mana messenger sharing a password.

The subject was, of course, the Saint, Emilia Müller.

-Wow, I finally got it! Why aren’t you getting contacted like this? You thought you were assassinated before me!

It is a voice whose tongue curls in all directions. After all, it seemed that I couldn’t stop drinking.

“You wouldn’t have set up a secure contact network for drinking and calling?”

-This is Won, you misunderstand very much? I contacted you at the business level.

“Is that so? What is it?”

-The people from the hextech side that I talked about last time, I saved it. There are about 9 people.

As Lee Hyun-wook asked, she was looking for a researcher in the hextech side, and she seemed to have finally found it.

Of course, Lee Hyun-wook was going to meet and judge whether they could be trusted.

“Well, that’s great. I was just looking around where they would work in the future.”

– Yeah? Um— No way, Laputa… … ?

As I knew Lee Hyun-wook’s manager of Laputa, I immediately noticed it.

“That’s right. Yesterday, or yesterday, I came up for the first time.”

– Wow… … I definitely want to go someday. It’s a safe place as well as here, isn’t it? right?

“Yes, if not now, you may be able to visit someday.”

On the one hand, Lee Hyun-wook thought that the “Saint Dome” itself could be moved to here Laputa.

‘If the Saint comes to Laputa, not the Chad Republic of Saint Dome… … It will be a tremendous advantage.’

Of course, if that happened, the Republic of Chad would be upset. As it took one of the elements that made the land valuable, political disputes were inevitable.

In other words, it was not a matter of hasty decisions.

‘But someday I will make it that way. This country will eventually become the last bastion of mankind… … .’

I was thinking of gathering all the power that could respond to the villain in this Laputa.

Two hours later, the party was ready to go down to the ground.

「(^_^) If you go down to the 49th basement level, you can use the wide-area descent device!」

Laputa uses the entire large city of “Seoul” as its “region”. Therefore, by using the “wide descent device”, one of Laputa’s convenient functions, it was possible to move “teleport” anywhere in Seoul.

The party took a high-speed elevator down to the B49 floor, the lowest end of Laputa.

The whole floor was completely empty, with no objects or walls.

“Okay, then I’ll activate the wide area descent device!”

Ooh ooh ooh——

Then, the floor of the entire 49th floor became transparent and the view of Seoul was overlooked at a glance.

A huge magic circle was created on the bottom of the center and began to emit a sapphire light.

-Wide descent device: Set the teleport coordinates.

In this way, Laputa was able to quickly travel to any area of ​​Seoul via teleport.

Lee Hyun-wook chose a quiet place outside of Seoul, and soon fell by teleporting there.

“Now— of course, it’s a secret where we’ve been.”

“Well, by the way… Are you trying to keep hiding that you’re the manager of Laputa?”

Lee Hyun-wook shook his head at Kim Se-hee’s question.

“No, it will be revealed soon.”

At least, it was necessary to disclose this fact to Woo Sung-moon.

‘That’s why we cover all the resources needed to pioneer Laputa.’

But before that, there was one thing to do.

“After that, team leader Kim said he was working today, right?”

“Yes, I want to introduce my motives to the Hope Guild.”

Kim Se-hee’s AMT classmates decided to join the Hope Guild.

As she was the ones who commanded once as the squad leader, she would be a key manpower when the “attack team” of the Guild of Hope was formed in the future.

“If so, then team leader Kim will take a look at work, and Park Joon-mo, you have a place to go with me.”

“Yes? No, this time, where else…….”

Park Joon-mo couldn’t hide his trembling expression in the end.

Lee Hyun-wook raised his head.

“Today, I will be scouting an employee to manage Laputa.”

“… … Yeah?”

“You can’t keep leaving that great thing alone, right?”

A lot of manpower is required to operate that huge facility.

And at this point in time, numerous talents and potential items were buried in the shadows.

Lee Hyun-wook thought to take them out a little earlier and put them in the sky.

***

Incheon Metropolitan City has been nicknamed “Maggye” for a long time.

Since ancient times, violence has been frequent, so it was half-jokingly attached.

But now that childish nickname is virtually a reality.

“Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee…… Who is the manpower you are looking for in the demon world?”

With an anxious expression, Park Joon-mo glanced through an alley in Namdong-gu, Incheon-Magye.

“If you’re in a place like this…… I think it’s a scary person…….”

Half-crushed gray city center, alleys scattered with all sorts of trash, roads split like spider webs and turned upside down… …

And, with weapons such as items, guns, and knives, they stand in the alley and stare at passersby. The weapons they held were by no means flaunting and would often be used against humans.

In front of the scenery like Harlem in a Hollywood movie, Park Joon-mo instinctively collapsed.

“And I heard that even the player cops still don’t approach this place…….”

Like this, the old city center in the south of Incheon, where it was now turned into a lawless zone.

In the early days when the world turned into a game, as many as four gates were opened simultaneously.

However, at the time, because the power to deal with them was insufficient, suppression was difficult. Eventually, a “blocking line” was installed in the periphery and a toxic prescription was implemented to isolate the entire area.

Two years later, several guilds succeeded in attacking… … .

‘This place has already become a ruin after suffering irreparable damage and no one has found it.’

And there was a limited number of twists in such abandoned areas.

Criminal gangs, wanderers, red players, and so on were starting to occupy the place.

That’s why this place has become a common “slum”.

“Strangely……everyone is staring at us.”

“Don’t mind. This is the original neighborhood.”

Park Joon-mo felt surrounded by the eyes of a beast in the deep mountain, but Lee Hyun-wook walked without hesitation.

Then, about 10 minutes later, I stood in front of a building.

〈Baekje miscellaneous goods〉

It was a five-story mall with that name, but on the outside it looked like an ordinary’miscellaneous goods store’.

However, it was actually one of the “secret passages” going down to some secret underground facility.

“Wait, wait here.”

After Lee Hyun-wook said that, he stood still and began to look sideways at the entrance of the building.

Park Jun-mo was just wondering, but as always, he waited silently, asking what intention he would have.

However, in fact, Lee Hyun-wook’s sense was already in the building.

-… … What have you been doing?

To be precise, I was listening to the sound inside the building, but I was tapping the surrounding sound by ‘mana linking’ to someone’s mana messenger over the wall.

-Well, I want to get some green Adamant ore.

-Sorry, but there is no such thing.

-Then, I want to get curated for something else.

“Okay, that’s it… … I’m going in now.”

“Huh? Yes? Oh, yes!”

Jingle

“welcome.”

The mustache male employee greeted him with a bright smile that didn’t fit well with the area.

However, Lee Hyun-wook sensed that a shotgun was standing under his feet.

Lee Hyun-wook naturally approached the counter.

“Hello, I’m here to get some green Adamant.”

At those words, the smiling employee’s face hardened.

“Sorry, guest, but there is no Adamant stone that has a green color.”

“Oh, I would like to see similar things. Can I ask for’curating’?”

“Well…… I will guide you.”

Then he turned to somewhere, and there was a man in a black hat standing there.

He beckoned to follow Lee Hyun-wook.

“Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee, what was that just…….”

“Shh— don’t open your mouth for a while.”

All that Hyun-wook Lee just said was a kind of password, a rite of passage that he had to go through in order to go down to a facility hidden here.

The password was changed on time every day, so it had to be obtained through a secret channel, but Lee Hyun-wook hacked the mana messenger-and found the password through eavesdropping.

Screaming

When a man in a black hat opened a door, a staircase leading down to the basement appeared.

“… … When you come back out, use Exit 8 or Elevator 11, not here.”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded and began to descend down the narrow stairs.

“Where are you going down here?”

“Incheon Magye, this slum is actually just a camouflage membrane.”

“Yes? So what is this city hiding?”

“Yes, the real purpose of this place is to have a black market, a black market.”

There is a city that has become slum and cannot be secured, and there is a huge underground city hidden under its camouflage.

And there, a huge black market where all kinds of illegal items were traded was active.

Chic- Chic-

As I went down about a dozen meters along the old stairs, an iron gate appeared.

Screaming

When I opened it, a fairly large tunnel-like space opened up.

“Wow…….”

Thousands of people were coming and going along the dark and cryptic passages as if they had entered a huge coal mine.

This was a rather hectic landscape, which was like a scene from a night market in Southeast Asia in the summer.

“Now, buy an energy potion made from Lizardmen’s tail!”

“You guys there—How about taking a swamp psychedelic herb and going?”

And in the name of the mayor, enthusiastic solicitation continued from everywhere.

In front of an unfamiliar landscape, Park Joon-mo turned his head back and forth with a blank expression.

“Wow…… There was such a place in our country…….”

As I looked around without hesitation, I ran into someone.

“Ah, Mr.- What!”

Two men, the big guys with tattoos on their whole bodies, broke their eyes.

At that appearance, Park Joon-mo collapsed without knowing it.

“-Ugh ! Sorry!

“Oh, my, I’m distracted from me… I’m sorry!”

Park Joon-mo leaned his head down at the two big guys, and hugged up behind Lee Hyun-wook who was going ahead.

“Junmo Park, that was just a mistake.”

“……Yes?”

“It means that it is a good prey to show such a stupid appearance in this lawless heaven and earth.”

“Uh, well, then how do I deal with it?”

“Wouldn’t it be better to radiate an electric current and stun it in a bar like that?”

Park Joon-mo slowly turned his head with a trembling expression.

“No, don’t look back. To show an impatient look means a weak person…….”

But it’s already late.

“……!”

The moment I turned my head and looked behind me, I made eye contact with those giants.

“Lee, Lee, Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook…… Those people seem to be following us now.”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded without a word.

‘This is Won, it’s been bothering you.’

After that brief collision, they seemed to have recognized the two as prey.

Lee Hyun-wook went into the crowd and scanned the metal-weapons held by them.

2 pistols, 4 daggers, and a few… … .

But among them, there was also a’mana messenger’.

Lee Hyun-wook tried to hack through the ‘mana connection’ there.

They were just in contact with someone.

-… … Yes, the two guys going over there are correct. At first glance, isn’t it the first time to be fooled?

– okay? I can’t see my face because I’m wearing a mask… … Aren’t you just messing around with something wrong?

– no. I bumped into us, and I’m really a kid. And when I took a peek at that time, there were some wands or something on my back? It looks like it’s going to be an allowance. Do you do it in a long time?

I knew it… … .

As this is a lawless zone, such tribes were widespread. So, if you couldn’t protect yourself, you had no choice but to rob everything you had, and furthermore, it was not an ordinary place to lose your life.

-Jeong Gyun-ah, the Gatekeeper shouldn’t know about doing this side job, so let’s take care of it quietly?

-Yes, you don’t have to worry about that.

However, in the contents of their correspondence, Lee Hyun-wook got the word “gate keeper” in his mind.

‘If you look at mentioning the gatekeeper, are those members of the 〈Red Hall〉 organization?’

Red Hall, they were one of the three major forces that dominated this place, an item trafficking broker organization.

‘if it goes like this… … It’s rather good.’

The person Lee Hyun-wook was looking for was a member of the Red Hall organization, and he was thinking of approaching them and making some kind of transaction.

However, if the situation turned out to be like this, there was no need to find it hard.

Lee Hyun-wook continued to walk pretending not to notice the trail.

“Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee, we……where should we go?”

“Park Junmo, do you not know at a glance? There is no safe place here.”

“Oh, then… … .”

Yes, in the end, I had no choice but to subdue it with force.

“… … First of all, I keep walking.”

This underground city was quite spacious. It was the result of repeated expansion since its birth decades ago.

Therefore, the winding roads continued like an old city center, and there were also dark alleyways.

Jerk— Jerk—

Lee Hyun-wook intentionally entered an alley where people were scarce.

Then, as if waiting, three large men appeared from the front and blocked the street.

And behind my back, six people were approaching, filling a narrow alley.

“…….”

In the end, Lee Hyun-wook and Park Jun-mo were forced to stop in the middle of the alley.

“Huh…… Hello, friends? We met before, right?”

The total number of people who appeared in both alleys was nine.

“These guys, I think this neighborhood is the first time, so why don’t we give you a guide at a cheap price?”

“Yeah, let’s do it! It’s so dangerous here that you don’t know when these weak friends will fall behind?”

Lee Hyun-wook slowly glanced over their weapons.

‘When looking at belongings, there are at most 2 players and the rest are ordinary people.’

But that didn’t mean it wasn’t threatening.

“Now, I warn you ahead of time. Wouldn’t this just look like a gun?”

One said so and lifted the pistol.

Then it turned out that they were holding a pistol together. The Colt M1911 was clearly a “normal” firearm made with human technology.

‘But after the bullet was made of magic metal, he would have even hung the enchant.’

In other words, it would be able to penetrate the “barrier” surrounding the body of a monster or player, with a weapon of that degree… … It could threaten at least a C-grade player.

Of course, because of the “mana wave” that occurs at the same time as triggering, it will not shoot a few shots and break, but it must have been one of the few effective ways to deal with the player.

However, Lee Hyun-wook took a step forward with a smile.

“… … Huh? Brother, you seem to hear that idiot doesn’t know what to say?”

“Tsu, really? Those kids quickly realized when they shot a shot at the leg.”

When someone said that, the bald man in the lead pulled the trigger toward Lee Hyun-wook’s leg.

However… … .

Tick!

“uh?”

Tick-tick- tick-tick-!

Nothing happened.

“Oh, why is this—”

“Hey, what are you doing! Get out of there!”

Tick-tick-tick-tick-!

The other of them pulled the trigger in succession, but the ball hit itself did not retreat at all.

“… … That, it doesn’t seem to work, can I check it?”

It was Lee Hyun-wook who said that with a brilliant voice.

And suddenly he was raising his left hand to chest level.

“Well, what are you bastard?”

At that moment, the magazine came out of their pistol.

“… … uh?”

Just

Then, as Lee Hyun-wook flicked his finger,

Choo-o-i-o–!

The nine pistols were completely disassembled, as if collapsing, and then began to disperse into the air.

“…….”

Looking at the strange scene, the guys instantly became stupid.

He seemed to have forgotten even the idea of ​​having to take out another weapon in front of an unimaginable scene.

“Yes, as you have seen, we are on the first road to this town, but…..”

Lee Hyun-wook approached them and smiled.

“……Can I ask for directions? Because we have to go down a little deeper.”

They didn’t answer, but they had to nod slowly while raising both hands.

Cheolkeuk—Cheolkeuk—

This is because nine guns were reassembled in the air and were aiming at their heads.