A Player Who Eats Metal - Chapter 85



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Steel eating player chapter 85
〈Incheon, Macye, Black Market-6〉

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Lee Hyun-wook confirmed the system message that appeared in front of his eyes with the advent of the Dwarf.

[Hidden Quest]

-Encounter with the Dimensional Traveler-1

You have encountered the’Dwarf Wanderer’ from Dimension Rift.

He has just taken his first steps into an unfamiliar world and is in a state of absence. If you help him, unexpected rewards will come.

*’Prerequisites’ are required to proceed with this quest.

‘A prerequisite is required… … This is the beginning of some big quest.’

This type of quest was called a ‘quest quest.’ The system does not present a clear goal, but the goals and rewards change according to the relationship with the intelligent NPC.

In other words, depending on how you lead the situation, the contents of the quest were varied.

Lee Hyun-wook looked at the Dwarf’s unfairness. It was a small size that looked only about 3m in total length, but it looked as if the parts of an abandoned automobile were welded together.

And there were many large claw marks on the surface of which it had been bitten by some kind of beast.

“… … Damn it! there! Could you please help me open this door? Huh?”

Inside it, an NPC named “Dwarf Wanderer” shouted so.

He was lacking in strength or couldn’t open the crooked unfair door.

However, despite such an earnest request, the party could not do this or that.

“I, that… Is it a monster?”

Jin Hwa Ko asked so. Others felt the same way as her.

At this time, this reaction was natural as there were not many NPCs that were friendly to humans yet.

Lee Hyun-wook shrugged and approached it.

“Well, it doesn’t seem like a threat to anything.”

“Wait a minute! Well, monsters with such intelligence are of the Black Orc or Red Drake race…….”

She murmured at the back, but it meant that the two races were very dangerous.

In other words, it was reasonable suspicion that that could be that dangerous too.

“Don’t worry, you can explode that unfairness itself in case of emergency.”

Lee Hyun-wook stretched out his left hand and applied a “metallic transformation” to the skewed part of the antique unfairness.

Pinching——!

Then the dwarf bounced off, tearing the brown, antique door torn.

He rolled violently on the dirt floor, then barely settled.

“Oh, okay, okay!”

Lee Hyun-wook looked at the dwarf’s appearance.

About 130cm tall, thick body, large bulbous nose, gray beard, white tattoo on face…….

‘In terms of appearance, it is Gray Mountain Dwarf, or Gray Dwarf for short.’

Just as there weren’t one or two types of orcs we’ve seen so far, Dwarves also had a variety of species.

‘And they are a tribe with specialized skills in architecture and shipbuilding.’

They enjoyed making items bigger than any other race and were proud of them.

But as it was, the Gray Dwarf becomes a helper on the villain’s side.

‘The representative of the Gray Dwarf tribe was the Taesan Guild… … Did it start like this?’

A rough picture was drawn of what kind of situation the previous life went through.

‘After they defeated Swallow, they received a quest and swallowed up the entire tribe.’

Afterwards, the Gray Dwarves produced various super-sized weapons according to the request of the villain… … .

‘It was really a terrible weapon of mass destruction one by one.’

And one of them was 〈Sudasanar〉 installed on Laputa.

The canon, which blew up the allied water fleet that had besieged Laputa with a blow, was the work of the Gray Mountain Dwarf, and the super-sized unfair “Gate Sentinel” could also be completed with their help.

However, since the Gray Mountain tribe was not an evil race in itself, after learning the reality of how the weapons they made were used, they made a decision to cut off exchanges with the villains.

Of course, the villains couldn’t let such useful assets leave them.

‘It was slaughtered by dropping meteor magic on the Gray Dwarf settlement.’

It was a tribe who would walk through such a miserable history, but now it was going to be different from the first button.

“Who- I don’t know how he opened that door, but he’s a friend with mysterious powers!”

The Dwarf Wanderer approached Lee Hyun-wook, speaking so boldly.

“I’m Soyler Wirebeard. What’s your name?”

“I’m Lee Hyun-wook.”

Lee Hyun-wook intentionally expressed respect by writing respectful words.

This Dwarf race is on the side of being secretly proud, but it was close to vanity.

In other words, it was good not to spare respect and praise when living in favor.

And when I heard his name, the’information’ that came to my eyes was updated.

-Dwarf Wanderer Soiler Wirebeard (LV：49)

* This NPC is’neutral’ to you.

After a few conversations like this, it seemed to be recognized as “NPC” rather than “monster”.

But it was then.

“Lee, Sergeant Hyun-wook Lee! Look over there!”

Park Joon-mo shouted that way and pointed to somewhere.

Ooh ooh ooh!

The crack in the dimension where Soiler’s unfairness came out, the place was swaying as if it was going to burst.

Then Soiler’s mouth opened.

“It’s awful! Look at my mind! Forgot to close the dimensional door!”

Soiler cried out and ran toward his own injustice.

He noticed a strange sensation and seemed to be trying to do something… … .

Hung——

late.

Something popped out of the crack.

Kaah ah——!

that’s… … It was a huge crow.

It slid, hitting it, and stopped with a claw on the floor.

Kaah ah——!

Subsequently, he spread his wings with the screaming castle, and the wing seemed to be more than twenty meters long.

“Well, what is that!”

And four red eyes flashed and looked down at the party.

-Four-Eyed Crow of the Gray Mountains (LV：61)

That wasn’t the end.

Then, two more popped out, and a total of three stood side by side.

These monsters seemed to have been pursuing Soiler’s unfairness.

It was the moment when the identity of the toenail marks that were in that antique unfairness was revealed.

Quadred——!

The three monsters approached threateningly and crushed the rock as they scratched the floor with their claws.

“Uh, uh…….”

“Everyone, what are you guys doing! Get ready for battle!”

Level 61 was an opponent who could face up to a level B player. In other words, for them, as there is no tanker that deserves right now, if they made a mistake, they could have died instantly when they touched those claws.

“Everyone, don’t move. Those will be faster than you think.”

Lee Hyun-wook reached out to the Red Hall players and calmed them down, then looked at Park Jun-mo.

“Park Junmo…….”

He was swaying in his grasp.

“—Shoot!”

At Lee Hyun-wook’s command, electric current spewed out of his hands.

Pa—ji—ji—ji——!

And the whole bodies of those giant monsters were electrocuted, as if wrapping them with blue threads.

“Wow!”

“Hold on a little more!”

Park Jun-mo’s lightning attack was not enough to retire a level 57 monster yet.

But it was enough to tie it up,

Meanwhile, a pale note was shot from Lee Hyun-wook’s waist dance.

Soundly— Soundly— Soundly——!

Lee Hyun-wook was the first to pierce their wings and lost their mobility. This is because if you aim for the head blindly from the beginning, you could damage your allies with the unique mobility of the flying monster.

Ka-a-a—

They survived the electric current attack and tried to fly somehow, but their wings were drooping.

‘Okay, now I can aim precisely.’

Soon, Pale Note turned and pierced his eyes, one after another, from his head.

Thump— Thump— Thump—

That was it.

“What……bar, what just happened…….”

Red Hall players, including Ko Jin-hwa, looked at Lee Hyun-wook with a blank expression. It was a monster at a level that they couldn’t handle, but it was too easy to defeat.

Jin-Hwa Ko freshly admired once again.

‘This guy, is there anything you can’t really do?’

Face-to-face with monsters like this was a different thing from demonstrating’firepower’.

“… … Hey, look at my mind!”

At that time, Soiler came out of the process with a remote control and pressed a button.

Whoa woo… … .

Then the “crack” quickly disappeared and then disappeared completely.

“Huh…… it closes automatically, but I forgot that it was being chased…”

He wiped the sweat from his forehead with his fingers.

“By the way, you, too, weren’t your normal skills! I’ve been chased by them for days and nights, and it’s so easy to finish! Hahaha! I’m so lucky to meet you for the first time in this strange land!”

At that time, a change took place in his ‘relationship’ with Soiler.

-Dwarf Wanderer Soiler Wirebeard (LV：49)

* This NPC is’positive’ to you.

Perhaps because of the battle, it changed from “neutral” to “positive”.

‘if so… … The appearance of those monsters just now is also part of this event.’

As this phenomenon is a game, there would be some sort of’script’ for each event.

Perhaps not seeing those monsters and fleeing them, but winning them, so receiving Soiler’s “trust” had a positive effect on the course of this quest—goals and rewards.

In other words, it could be said that the rewards that can be obtained have increased.

“Soiler, what are you doing in this world? If I can help, I’ll help.”

Lee Hyun-wook scooped up a bit more and asked intentionally and very kindly.

“Uh, what? No, I don’t have enough to save me, so willing to help you, is that really?”

“Yes, of course. Isn’t it a relationship that we met like this?”

Then Soiler trembled with both cheeks as if impressed.

‘In the past life, when these people appeared, the whole earth took a lot of caution and coped with it.’

I had to do that.

In fact, a creature like a monster rushes in and asks for a land to settle in. Who will treat it with warmth? So, at first, the majority of opinions were to reject the dwarves.

‘However, in the end, the country with the dwarves achieved tremendous technological advancement.’

In other words, Lee Hyun-wook quickly seized that tremendous opportunity.

“Huh, this is true, to tell you the situation I’m in, it’s really complicated because I don’t have a horse around…”

“It’s okay. Speak slowly.”

Since then, Soiler’s story has been really complicated.

To summarize the story,

Their world was on the verge of perishing for some reason, so they planned a massive migration to another level, and that they were tasked with exploration of settlements from other levels.

After he finished talking, he wandered and confessed a word he had secretly held.

“I……so I mean, that……can our tribe settle in your world?”

And the moment you hear that far—

[Hidden Quest]

-Encounter with the Dimensional Traveler-2

Soiler, the Dwarf Wanderer, is looking for a new home for his race.

And I’m going to entrust you with the handle of this grand business with the fate of the race.

The rewards will be much greater as Soiler sees you friendly,

‘Additional compensation’ will be paid according to the’satisfaction’ for the settlement.

* Reward: Differential payments will be made according to performance.

Like this, the ‘quest quest’ was linked to the next step through dialogue with the NPC.

Lee Hyun-wook reached out to Soiler, who was waiting for an answer, writhing.

“Soiler, you don’t have to worry about the settlement. There is a very good place.”

“Huh- is that really?”

“Yes, I’ll introduce you soon.”

“No! How can things go so hard!”

With that, Soiler liked Lee Hyun-wook’s hand as if running.

Yes, there was one place they would like.

And it was also a very rich place for Dwarves to lose their jobs.

***

“Oh……is this an unfair thing made with gnome technology!”

Soiler couldn’t hide his admiration as he climbed Friedwen.

“Yes, maybe it will.”

“Oh-oh-oh-Where did you get this? Can I take a look?”

“Of course, but don’t touch anything.”

If it were a Dwarf, it was obvious that he would touch things without winning curiosity.

However, since there may be problems, Lee Hyun-wook called for special attention.

“Huh- this guy is a particularly cool guy among gnome’s works!”

Gnomes were often known as a race that was about the mentor of dwarves.

However, when I asked the Dwarves, they replied that they had never actually seen gnome.

They, too, simply discovered the ruins of the gnome and learned cutting-edge technology.

After a while, as Friedwen reached near the village of Redhall, there was a strong cheer from somewhere.

Wow–!

In the town square, more than a thousand residents came out and waved.

They praised Lee Hyun-wook’s name and shouted out thankfulness.

Lee Hyun-wook landed Friedwen near him, and soon Joon-cheol Ko approached.

“I’ve confirmed that Swallow is going away, but you’re going to pass them all as you say, right?”

“Yes, it will certainly be.”

When he heard that, it was only then that Ko Jun-cheol smiled. Then he grabbed Lee Hyun-wook’s hand.

“Lee Hyun-wook, you really…… became Red Hall’s savior…….”

It was the moment when he first showed his feelings.

And after a while, Lee Hyun-wook was sitting at Go Jun-cheol’s house. Having dealt with Swallow as promised, it was time to discuss the compensation, but there were a few more things to discuss.

“Well, Dwarf…….”

First of all, Dwarf and Soiler decided to stay here for a while.

And after the situation had been settled to some extent, I was thinking of taking him to Laputa.

“Yeah, I’ve heard the news of something like that recently, but will it appear here?”

If the chirashi turned like this, it seemed that another Dwarf tribe had already appeared in another area.

‘After all, I wasn’t the first to meet.’

This was one of the major events held during this period.

But in the beginning, most of them act exclusively,

Lee Hyun-wook, more than anyone else, would see the benefits of this event.

“And one more thing. You may have seen some stone mountains collapse a little while ago.”

“Yes, didn’t you find a dwarf there?”

“It wasn’t just Dwarves that I found there. I found something very valuable.”

At the words of Lee Hyun-wook, Lee Chae was in the eyes of Go Jun-cheol.

“… … I found the Adamant mine.”

“Oh, Adamant mine… is that really?”

In the news, even Ko Jun-cheol, who had been through all the prenatal treatments, seemed to be ecstatic.

I don’t know how many reserves there would be, but it meant that I had dug a lot of money.

“By the way, you know that the discovery of this Adamant mine is also in my hands.”

“No, it’s an undeniable fact……you’ll get the reward you deserve.”

It was an explicit request for compensation, but Ko Jun-cheol liked this attitude much more.

‘Yes, it is right to receive surely without subtracting what you will receive.’

Go Jun-cheol thought that humans who act without a price in the first place were rather behind.

Since I haven’t seen one or two such humans in my life, I was able to be sure.

Therefore, it is clear that it comes and goes, and I preferred the trust that accumulates as the process repeats.

In that respect, a man named Lee Hyun-wook had a lot of corners that I really liked in many ways… … .

By the way… … I was shocked at Lee Hyun-wook’s words that followed.

“Give me the exclusive right to develop and distribute Adamant mines.”

After hearing that, Go Jun-cheol couldn’t answer for about ten seconds.

“…….”

That couldn’t help but be too undue demand.

“You don’t have to worry about it. Adamant will pay for it.”

But the value wasn’t the problem.

It was power to be able to determine the utilization of Adamantra with enormous resources. It could be a kind of resource diplomacy, but it was asking for the right to do so… … .

“Hmm……it’s thanks to you, but you know that it’s a very big request, right?”

At that time, Lee Hyun-wook drew one more card.

“Yes, instead I will help the people of this village get to the ground.”

As a result, Go Jun-cheol’s eyebrows wriggled.

“Isn’t this a safe place? It wouldn’t have been because I wanted to, and I’ll help. Children born in Red Hall will once again become Korean citizens and live with their legitimate rights.”

Lee Hyun-wook smiled brightly.

‘… … Did you catch it in this short time that we want it?’

From the beginning, Lee Hyun-wook seemed to penetrate exactly what Red Hall wanted.

And that wasn’t the end of Lee Hyun-wook’s card.

“And we will set up a place for Red Hall residents in Laputa.”

“……Well?”

“Just taking them up into the craziness doesn’t mean that there will be safety or a way to live. But… it would be different for Laputa.”

At that point, Go Jun-cheol was absurd and laughed. It wasn’t a ridicule. This was because the man’s “deal” was too heavy, and he felt his heart lean in just a few words.

“You really have a lot and you’re wielding it so scary?”

In other words, it keeps hitting and entering in a way that you can’t refuse.

‘Yes, this is an unstable world. I can’t live here forever. I have to go up.’

Besides, it’s not just another place, but the right to move in to the magic engineering city floating in the sky of Seoul…

“Ha- really… … I can’t bear it… … .”

“Then, can I think that you would accept my offer?”

Go Jun-cheol nodded.

What was important to him now was the future of the village children, rather than money or power.

“Okay, can I just swallow this whole mine and ask what you’re going to do? It’s not just about making money, it certainly seems to have a bigger purpose… Could you give some tips to the person on your boat? As a paying passenger, you need to know where this ship is going?”

“Yes, it’s simple.”

Lee Hyun-wook took an iron bead out of his arms.

And through’metal transformation’, he made it into a sharp point.

“… … I will make a weapon.”

“Oh, it’s a weapon…….”

“You know, my ability is to manipulate steel.”

And Adamant was the most powerful steel-metal.

Go Jun-cheol just saw a section of the’Steel Rain’, which was only heard by rumors.

However, it was all weapons made of dungeon rivers.

‘Ha- It’s a steel villa made of Adamant… … A tolerable tanker won’t have the skills to withstand.’

He realized that this S-class player sitting in front of him had only entered the “beginner”.

“And since you’re an S-class, you’re going to get that level up in some way?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

In other words, it will continue to be strong in the future. … .

And almost everything in this world is made of metal.

Anyone who can shake, knead, and burst them at will… … .

‘It might be a lot of luck in my words that this man came.’

***

Lee Hyun-wook was promised “proof” from Go Jun-cheol that could fly the Taesan guild.

It will take some time to gather and organize the evidence, but… … .

‘… … In other words, it means a matter of time.’

And before leaving the black market, I asked for one more request.

Probably, an unknown item that was being dropped from all over the place-‘Ancient Coin of the Underground Kingdom’ was asked to collect as much as possible.

‘It is considered a japtem that has no value now, but after the appearance of the dwarves, its value will increase significantly.’

It was because it was one of the most valuable currencies in the world of Dwarves.

Often speaking, it was aboard a coin’coin’.

And the first Red Hall residents brought out the Yeo Min-sang for “Laputa full-time employment”.

Lee Hyun-wook was on the way to the Hope Guild with him, and a phone call came.

-Hey, water lord! It’s really awesome!

That was Kang Hee-seol.

“Huh?”

-Well, that, because we just finished one thing? But that’s wow— That’s great!

No, what the hell are you making such a fuss… … I was looking forward to it.

-You got that robot you brought before, right?

“Ah, you mean the ruins guardian?”

-Yes, what is it!

The “Bronze Watchman (Alpha)” of Gnome’s Ruins A3 was shut down and brought to Kang Jeong-du.

Maybe I was doing some kind of research based on that, but it seemed like I made something out of it this time.

-Well, my grandfather made a shotgun with the crystal embedded in the robot’s shoulder!

‘Well, if it’s crystal…’

Lee Hyun-wook remembered. A scene where flames erupt from the shoulders of the 4m giant, melting all living armor… … But with that, he said he made a personal weapon, a “shotgun”.

‘Wait a minute, make a shotgun with it? Is that possible?’

-And I wrote that “hammer” on it… … There is a tremendous skill!

Hammer, here the hammer seemed to mean’Hephaestus’ hammer.

In other words, it seemed to have witnessed the true nature of the potential item.

-What the hell is that hammer! Give me one too! Yeah-?

So, it seemed that a masterpiece had already been born.

Lee Hyun-wook went straight to Kang Jeong-du’s workshop.