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The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 109

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Ki Baekjun was watching TV news while talking on the phone with someone..

Everything being reported now was about the ‘Steel Armada’..

"Yes, I saw it. That too must be the power of Laputa.?"

Now, rather than being embarrassed, I was dumbfounded..

"under......."

Several times so far, no matter what plan we made, that guy Lee Hyun-wook came up with an absurd counterattack as if he knew and ruined the work..

It was still like that now..

No, an airship fleet.…….

“……I had no idea something like that would appear and ruin things..”

So, the plan to sink many Korean rankers in the sea off Jeju failed..

But it was just a side ploy anyway..

Their real goal is to empty Seoul.,

Thus, ‘Laputa’ was stolen entirely..

And the person on the other end of the phone explained that although they could not cause the 'aircraft disaster off the coast of Jeju,' there were enough ways to tie it down within Jeju Island. The operation was a success as long as they were prevented from returning..

"Yes, this side is ready too..”

Ki Baekjun said that and turned his head..

A dark underground facility, with human figures lined up in that large space..

Grrr—

they weren't human.

A strong, animal-like scent, red eyes, and sharp nails.,

There was a clear feeling that something was wrong somewhere..

"The commandos we have prepared are very well-trained beasts. haha… … Yes that's right. Well, the Black Orcs are something to look forward to as well..”

Even in this operation, a number of 'Black Orc' units were mobilized..

Despite the recent strengthening of the surveillance network of Korean government intelligence agencies,,

They somehow broke through it and planted agents in this land..

"then… … We'll bring you the whole Laputa soon..”

Ki Baekjun decided to pour everything into his final operation..

So I planned to leave this damn land completely..

Until the day when this land turns into ashes and he rules…….

***

An emergency message from Jeju International Airport froze the steel fleet..

There was an urgent scream in the splitting radio signal..

And, the warning to never land was repeated several times..

……why?

Since I couldn't figure out the reason, my anxiety grew even more..

“……This doesn't sound like a good situation. What should I do??”

Yeo Sang-min turned his head and looked at Lee Hyun-wook..

However, there was no time to find out the truth of the contents..

This was because the steel fleet had already reached the coast of Jeju..

"hmm… … First, let's proceed with the operation..”

That was the decision of Kang Seo-yoon, commander of the Jeju operation..

-……Would it be okay?

Someone else on the airship asked that question..

"There is no time to reconsider the plan now. In a situation where visibility is not secured, it is difficult to find a landing site other than the panic runway..”

As she intended, the Steel Fleet sank deeper into the hazy smoke engulfing Jeju Island. Visibility was only about 10 meters. I could vaguely see Jeju Airport in the distance, but I couldn't take a closer look..

So, we still haven't figured out anything about what's going on inside or why they're warning us not to approach..

But the moment you reach a certain point—

"—uh! stop!”

The entire fleet had no choice but to stop in despair..

"omg! Hey, what is that?……."

Their eyes were directed to the runway of Jeju International Airport..

"......."

Movements that fill the space.......

That was a huge number of 'skeletons'.

Slowly! Less and less!

Bones wearing rusty iron armor were lined up on the runway. I can't calculate the exact number, but it was likely around 5,000 to 6,000, and large figures that looked like 'troll skeletons' were seen in between..

And in the center, skeletons wearing black robes stood out..

Total 15,

A green aura was spreading around their bodies..

‘Even the priest of death... … It's a pretty tricky combination..’

As long as they exist, 5,000 to 6,000 skeletons will regenerate infinitely..

In other words, they were extremely difficult to attack that had to be destroyed first..

'This combination... … It's a legion of devils.?’

Weapons of war of death summoned through a ‘contract’ with the lords of hell.…….

Let them all turn their heads this way like machine parts... … A bizarre scene unfolded, with green eye lights decorating the runway..

An ominous feeling arises, like looking down at a side of hell..

"......."

Facing it, the players could not help but feel instinctive fear. Resistance to death... … This was the reason why magic that dealt with death was rejected..

“……Damn it, why are all these things gathered on the runway??”

I felt like I had to leave this place right now, let alone land..

At that time, a line of system messages appeared in Lee Hyun-wook’s eyes..

- (!) Quest has arrived.

[Hidden Quest]

- The sun god purifies the ‘vengeful spirit’ of his son, Phaethon.…….

Phaethon, the son of the sun god who fell to this earth’

His vengeful spirit raised an army of death through a deal with the devil..

As a player who embraces , you have the duty and qualification to stop Phaethon, who has been reborn through hatred..

* Reward: Sun Chariot Core (Legendary))

'This quest came about because I got another meteorite fragment.?’

Lee Hyun-wook took out a small piece of metal from his pocket..

[Item information]

- Name: Helios' Protection (Hero))

- effect

1) Increased fire resistance (+100%)

2) [[Special] Phaethon Strategy Buff: Temporarily increases fire resistance every time you hunt Phaethon's descendants (currently 0) : 0%)

‘And the quest reward, the core of the sun chariot,…….'

The ‘Solar Carriage Core’ that Lee Hyun-wook remembers was an engine item for the airship ‘Helios’. And it was also the best combat airship..

But now was not the time to pay attention to such places..

"uh! It looks like they even have anti-aircraft weapons.!”

Twenty wheeled ballistas were turning towards us. That huge crossbow, operated by a pulley, was a siege weapon that destroyed castle walls. The length of the arrow attached to it alone was likely to be 2m..

Klick - Kklick—

They began to raise their heads towards the steel fleet..

"Damn, that's no ordinary ballista. You can't get hit.”

Kang Seo-yoon frowned and said.

Now that I think about it, I see black letters floating around and rotating around the projectile 'iron window' mounted on the ballista. It was enchanted with death magic..

It's a mana reflux spell, a wizard told me..

In other words, it was a weapon that could easily penetrate the magic shield..

"That thing is metal, and it can be controlled.?”

Lee Hyun-wook shook his head. The ballista's iron bar was clearly metal, but it was not 'detected' by Lee Hyun-wook's current control over the metal..

"There, the aura emitted by the Priests of Death envelops the entire Legion of Death. As long as it's there, I won't be able to control it..”

"In that case, if you just kill them, you can blow them up.?”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded..

"Yes, they all happen to be wearing helmets..”

Kang Seo-yoon pulled down the bow strapped to her back..

"I'll intercept that one, so it's all evasion.……”

However, the enemy's attack was fast.

T—uh—! ter—uh—!

The air trembled as the ballista's son-in-law, which had been pulled by the force of the pulley, was released with a bloody sound. At the same time, a 2m iron bar flew in fiercely..

Hehehe——

The sound of tearing the air approaches quickly..

Blink——! Suddenly——!

One of the leading airships was hit by three iron bars. It was covered with a magic shield, but it went through in vain, like a plastic membrane..

- ……Ouch! Steel 3 falls here!

The airship 'Steel 3' began to fall, emitting black smoke..

It seemed like the Anyang duo were in it..

no!”

Looking at the crash trajectory, it seemed like it was going to land on the runway..

In other words, it was falling through an army of skeletons..

Even if you survived the impact of the fall, what came next was the problem..

"Damn it, get out of my way!”

At that time, Han Taesan's cry was heard..

He ran towards the ramp door..

thud—!

The hull rocked as he approached,,

His appearance disappeared before my eyes..

“……uh? I jumped?”

Kim Se-hee said as if she couldn’t understand..

When I looked out the window, I saw Hantaesan Mountain falling vertically from hundreds of meters in the air. He fell at high speed with his body straight, as if he was diving into the water, spun once before hitting the ground, and landed in a straight position..

thud!

Slowly! Less and less!

Before he knew it, armies of skeletons were rushing towards him from all directions..

"Ha, you dirty undead bastards… … I'll destroy everything—!”

He snorted and then pumped his fist. As if a monsoon was being fired, a tremendous amount of wind pressure occurred and a group of approaching skeletons fell backwards..

Qua—ah—ah—!

Meanwhile, the shadow of the falling 'Steel 3' was cast over his head..

Lee Hyun-wook poured all his metal control into Steel 3..

- Current steerable metal weight: 1741kg

Since it's not Seoul, control is cut in half, but it will help. At the same time, Han Tae-san takes a deep breath and reaches out toward the falling airship.,

ter—uh——!

The moment the asphalt he stepped on cracked and a 7m-tall chunk of steel stopped in the air. He took on the airship with his bare body..

"—Pfft!"

However, even for him, it was difficult to hold on to an airship weighing tens of tons on his head, so he set it down on its side as if toppling over..

thud——!

The airship landed on the runway without much impact..

"Wow, really……."

Everyone was amazed by the ability that could be considered superhuman..

"but… … Just avoided colliding with the ground..”

He had already fallen to the ground, so he was isolated among the skeleton army..

Slowly! Less and less!

Soon, as if they had caught their prey, they started running towards me..

Looking down from the sky, it looked like a swarm of ants gathering towards a fallen bird..

It was an unsettling scene, as if the airship would soon disintegrate into pieces..

- This is Steel 3, asking for rescue.!

But regardless of how hard it was to save them, the entire fleet was in danger..

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

Before I knew it, six iron bars were flying towards the steel fleet..

Kim Se-hee created wind and tried to push away the flying iron bars..

But I couldn't do that..

“Crazy, it's so heavy.!”

A subsonic projectile weighing about 1 ton, the kinetic energy was unbearable..

Suddenly——!

‘Steel 6’ floating on the left was pierced..

- Chick—This is Steel 6, I was hit by an enemy attack! I will leave the battlefield!

Fortunately, the damage didn't seem to be enough to cause it to crash, but if it left the battlefield one at a time like this, it had no choice but to be annihilated in the end..

“……This is not good at all.?”

Lee Hyun-wook The iron safety devices that bound the AD-1s mounted in the Friedwen's cargo bay were removed all at once. Then, after giving mana to 'start' them, they were pushed out of the lamp door one by one. There were 20 in total..

- oh? It's finally time to rain steel?

Han Taesan's voice flowed through Pridwen's mana messenger..

He had a relaxed voice that did not suit this atmosphere..

But no matter how much they were, if they continued the battle while surrounded by so many monsters, they would inevitably reach their limits..

That's especially true if there are 20 priests of death.…….

Blah blah blah——

The skeletons that had been crushed by Han Taesan's punch were attracted by a purple shimmer and began to be reassembled as if in rewind..

So it came to the starting point again.

- Holy shit! Can't someone apply some holy power to my fist??

- I'm going now!

Someone answered his words and Steel 7 and Steel 9 lowered their altitude..

2They were all airships ridden by paladins and priests..

At that time, three iron bars flew towards them..

- Damn it, damage!

- I'm coming!

Han Taesan leapt ten meters in one go and struck two iron bars in a row..

Empty! Tongue!

And I'm trying to kick the remaining one away with my foot... … I missed it.

- Oh my, pair!

The moment when that one iron bar pierces the steel 7—

T-huh——

A golden shield appeared and bounced off the iron bars..

Large shield made of divine power,

That counteracted the death magic contained in the cage..

- after! Nice timing!

‘Well, how many priests are on there?…….'

There were as many as 31 priests of at least C grade and Tier 1 or higher. If they worked together, they could push back the power of the priests of death..

Next, huge golden hammers emerged around the airship..

It was a skill that was cast by four priests together..

bang-! bang-! bang-! bang—!

The skeleton that was crushed by the hammer did not regenerate..

Next, a beam of white light—a divine power buff—came down on Han Taesan’s body..

- Yes, this is it! All we have to do is break through like this and stop those priests of death.?

A white 'Saint Auror' was wrapped around his fist..

"—Hantaesan, I will cover you.!”

Kang Seo-yoon also believed in Han Tae-san's power and supported his ignorant strategy..

She took a piece of rope from her belt, hung it on the railing of the lamp door, and, leaning down almost to fall out of the lamp door, she made a bow..

Then, a translucent fox tail bloomed behind her..

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

White fox fire flowed from where her arrow struck, and a whirlwind bloomed, tearing everything in the 5m vicinity to pieces..

‘Of course it's Kang Seo-yoon.’

Kang Seo-yoon, also known as 'Foxy' or 'Foxy', ranked 4th in Korea's player rankings, her bow was specialized in one-to-many..

"Mr. Lee Hyun-wook, please provide me with cover as well.!”

"Yeah, I was going to do that..”

Hyunwook Lee controlled 20 AD-1s and lined them up above their heads..

‘but… … My attack won't work..’

Lee Hyun-wook had a hunch..

And sure enough…….

Teo-the-the-the-the-dong——

As expected, his steel rain was blocked by some kind of black dome..

It was a large-scale shield cast collectively by as many as 20 priests of death..

"Ah, first of all… … all right.”

Kang Seo-yoon scratched her cheek and started shooting arrows again..

‘Of course, if you don't have a special item like Kang Seo-yoon, you won't be able to get through that..’

The reason her arrows were able to ignore that dome was because of the 'ignore magic resistance' option of her item called 'fox bead'..

It's the same option as Lee Hyun-wook's fail note, but that one was 'wide range'.

- Hahaha! what? Is it true that your special move, Steel Rain, doesn’t work??

Han Tae-san laughed and pulled out the head of a troll skeleton and threw it at a ballista. It flew away, crushing all the surrounding skeletons like a bowling ball, and then smashed the ballista..

- K— Strike!

He then grabbed the troll skeleton's shinbone with both hands and swung it..

Bur—bur—bur—bur—!

- This is it, it doesn't work unless you secretly omit your contribution.?

That guy, Han Tae-san, must have been very upset about losing first place last time, and he's been saying really hurtful things since the first time we met..

‘Anyway, that bastard, his mouth is…….'

Even in his past life, Lee Hyun-wook suffered from unprecedented cubic crystals..

He secretly gave metal control to Han Taesan..

- Ugh! Damn, why does my head hurt again?…….

‘But you can't sit back and relax just because the attack doesn't work..’

Lee Hyun-wook took out one item he had prepared in advance..

It wasn't an 'item'.

[object information]

- Name: Tower of Eternal Fire (Legendary))

- Effect: When ‘installing’ the object, you can obtain the following effects within a certain radius (1 km). (Waiting time for reinstallation: 10 days)

1) Land of Melting: The melting point of metals within the area of ​​influence is greatly reduced..

2) Magic reforging: ‘Mana’ is given to molten metal within the area of ​​influence..

I asked the Gray Dwarves to take the 'Box of Eternal Fire (Legendary)' obtained from a meteorite that fell in Gangwon-do and converted it into an object form..

If modified like this, it becomes a 'totem' that provides buffs to the area..

‘The thing I wanted so much in my past life, what effect will it have??’

Lee Hyun-wook threw it away somewhere..

It was a huge building, a hangar, next to the runway..

- will be installed in your region.

Meanwhile, Kim Se-hee could not hold back her admiration as she watched the battle on the runway..

"and… … It's my first time seeing rankers match up so close together, and it's really special. Well, boss, you can take a break.?”

As she said, the tide began to turn before we knew it..

- Here we go!

Han Taesan opened the way and the Anyang duo followed behind. Four magic circles appeared behind Lee Hye-min's back, and heavy machine guns appeared..

- I provide covering fire! Just push in!

Ta-da-da-da-da——!

Hundreds of skeletons were reduced to bone along their path of advance..

As such, no matter how evil the legions were, they could not stop this steel fleet, a collection of the best players on the Korean Peninsula..

- nice! After all, it is the king of power.!

- Yeah, that's what a real top player looks like?

- No matter how strong the rising stars these days become, they won't be able to keep up with him.…….

Cheers were heard from all over the place..

- Today is the day when King Kwon teaches the rising rookie a lesson.?

The rookie must have meant Lee Hyun-wook..

"......I, Mr. Taesan Han.?”

At that time, Lee Hyun-wook called Han Tae-san..

- Uh, why? Do you have something to say??

But Lee Hyun-wook’s answer was beyond absurd..

"No, don't go too deep now. It's dangerous.”

- what? This bastard has no eyesight? Do I look dangerous now??

"No, it will soon become dangerous. I'm going to use a wide area skill..”

This brought laughter from all over the place..

They felt that Lee Hyun-wook was saying something completely absurd..

- Hey, I just saw the steel rain blockage, so stay quiet..

It was then.

Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu——

A violent vibration was heard from somewhere..

It is not the amplitude that occurs when an object is shaken.…….

Yes, it was a very strange sound made when thick metal was crushed..

Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu-gu——

"……Uh, fire? Why is there a fire suddenly there??”

Kim Se-hee's strange voice made everyone turn their heads..

As she said, smoke was rising from somewhere..

The epicenter was in the hangar..

Bubble—bubble—

The thick door of the hangar was melting like cheese..

"Taesan Han, and everyone else, please step back..”

- Ah, sir, why! I'm afraid I might get hit by the rain you sprinkle?

"No, this time... … You'll be swept away by the waves.”

At that moment, the hangar door collapsed like an explosion..

Black smoke rose from inside.,

Soon, red waves burst out..

Qua—de—de—de—de—!

It was tens of tons of molten iron, red waves created by them..

- huh? That… … What? Where is lava coming from??

Yeah, it could be compared to lava..

But the difference was that they were flying in the sky.

Then, they stick together and spin in a spiral, raising their bodies..

Go-oh-oh-oh-oh——!

Its shadow falls on the tarmac,

The heat it gave off bathed the entire area in a haze..

- Hyunwook Lee, you… … What are you doing??

Lee Hyun-wook detected an airliner stored in that hangar, and the entire plane had been ‘melting metal’ for a few minutes already..

‘It was much easier thanks to Totem and Tower of Eternal Fire.’

Anyway, that was nonsense..

The A380, a typical passenger aircraft, weighed about 2.7 million tons..

It would have taken hundreds of skill uses to melt it all..

‘However, it is possible with my total mana amount..’

Deceptive amount of mana, Lee Hyun-wook just poured it all out..

Additionally, they had been reforged into 'magic metal' thanks to the totem..

The waves of steel created like that began to surge..

Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga——!

Following the movement, the asphalt of the runway boils..

“……Now, isn’t it difficult to punch each person??”

-.......

"Now, let me do it once and for all. Stay out of the way."