The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 124
124fury.
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“……The Minister of Defense contacted me a few hours ago and told me an interesting story..”
The person who said so was Koshiro Kodo, ‘Hurricane’, the second ranked Japanese player..
He was currently sitting in the conference room of the guild headquarters with the guild executives gathered together..
"It looks like the Black Orcs will soon invade Korea, so they asked if I would like to send troops. He said that Korea asked him to send it first... … Anyway, what we are going to get as compensation is ‘Laputa’..”
Kojiro Kodo smiled while saying that, and the conference room couldn't help but be filled with exclamations..
"Wow—Laputa!”
"is that real?”
Now, this means that the Japanese government directly claimed that it would use this opportunity to obtain permission to use Laputa. In other words, if I participated in that troop deployment, I would lose a lot of money. It's also a very big rice cake…….
Even Laputa is the most valuable item at the moment, excluding the World Tree.?
"—to? So, will we also be able to use Laputa’s functions? and……."
"No, but is that possible? It's not just a defensive bluff.?”
"that's right! There is no way Korea would willingly offer to share Laputa.?”
Seeing the guild executives' admiration and suspicion, Kodo Koshiro grinned..
"The country appears to be in ruin, so what can Laputa do? We should sell everything and prepare for war..”
Then some people nod their heads and mutter, ‘Well—’.
"And even if it's not just the Laputa ticket, it will definitely be a huge benefit for us.?”
“Oh—what else is there??”
"No, isn't history like that? That was decades ago. that… … Is it the Korean War? Anyway, it seems like our country was able to develop greatly at that time. This time too, we have a good opportunity..”
whiz——
At that time, the screen in front of the conference room came down, turned on, and a satellite image appeared. It seemed to be a Black Orc troop concentration area... … The number gathered in one place was estimated at 13,111..
This time, an exclamation with a different meaning erupts. It was a lament mixed with fear. I couldn't help but be worried because if the A& Guild were to send troops, it would mean that I would have to face them eventually..
"No matter who wins this war, Korea will be devastated and the Black Orc Kingdom will also suffer a major blow..”
In response to Kodo Koshiro's words, a man wearing glasses stepped forward to help..
"Yes it will happen. Even if Korea has managed to block the 4th wave and a new star named Lee Hyun-wook has appeared, if there is an all-out war with the Black Orcs, the entire country will inevitably be ruined..”
So, no matter how the war progresses, Korea will inevitably fall..
Additionally, the Black Orc Kingdom, the biggest threat, will also enter hibernation for a while..
In other words, if you look at it overall… … An opportunity for Japan to assume hegemony in Northeast Asia has arrived..
"They've been so lucky lately... … I guess I used a rhyme that didn't fit the bill. haha—”
Kodo Koshiro spoke freely about Korea..
In fact, he didn't have any feelings of infatuation at all until recently..
'No, I wasn't even interested in that country....….'
But Lee Hyun-wook… … It seemed like things had changed quite a bit since I met that man..
‘Hyunwook Lee, when I think of that unlucky face... … I can't sleep.’
He did not forget the indignities of the past..
I was thinking of taking this opportunity to return the humiliation several times over..
He stood up and spread his arms..
"Folks, every 'War Event' comes with a number of quests. In other words, the rewards are huge..”
Kodo Koshiro is already excited to create a hurricane to his heart's content in downtown Seoul..
“—ruler! I hope you prepare to earn a lot of experience and items through this national opportunity.!”
Like this, there were people all over the world who were looking forward to the Black Orc Kingdom's invasion of Korea..
It was the same across the Pacific Ocean and on the American continent..
Detroit, Michigan, was once a city that developed due to the automobile industry, but faded and collapsed with the decline of the automobile industry. However, recently, it was flourishing once again as an ‘item military base’..
In addition, the future of Detroit was turning pink as an air-process production plant for a magic mobility company run by Gordon Price was scheduled to be built..
Still, a limousine was passing through this rough neighborhood where security was still poor..
"under… … I hope war breaks out in Korea soon.”
There were two large men in the back seat..
"Are you saying that this city is no longer the same as it used to be and that you are really bored? It's not good even if it gets too clean.”
As the large man with short hair and sunglasses complained, the bearded man sitting next to him chuckled..
"Will, you bastard! I told you that you can become bigger if you let go of that bully mentality.?”
"Hey, do you think this boring neighborhood is fun? There was a troll walking in that alley not long ago.!”
These were the best tank players in the eastern United States, also known as the ‘Pitbull Brothers’..
Among them, his older brother Harry Bernard was widely known by the nickname 'Red Berserker'..
"Look, it looks like you're demolishing a building that you half-destroyed while drinking and wrestling with trolls..”
"Ah, another one of my memories is disappearing... … Why does time pass so quickly?……."
At that time, a woman's voice came out from the speakers installed in the car..
- Harry, the Chairman has confirmed the schedule. The ‘war’ will begin in the next 52 hours..
The 'war' referred to here was the Black Orc Kingdom's invasion of Korea..
However, what was somewhat strange was that they talked about the start time of the war as if they were certain..
"Oh, only two days left? My body was sore, but it worked out well.!”
"Thanks Hailey, then when can we go to Korea??”
- If all goes according to current plan, the airship fleet supported by our company will depart from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio at 8 a.m. on the 19th, 84 hours later, so please take note and prepare..
"Um, then you have about three days to spare? Then do some maintenance in the meantime.—”
"But Haley, the Chairman said he would give me a new item. Where is it??”
"Hey, can you please be a gentleman? I'm going to drive around in this expensive car and ask for gift boxes.?”
"Brother, I assure you that there is not a drop of noble blood in our veins..”
At that time, the backseat of the limousine burst open. It was a secret safe mounted on the car..
- Check out that suitcase. This is a gift from the Chairman for this operation..
"oh—!”
Clap—
William Bernard opened the suitcase and put his hand into the subspace pocket inside..
And then he pulled out something, and it was a huge axe..
Even though it was a limousine, I had no choice but to hit the seat when I took it out of the car..
Jiik—
- Please use company assets sparingly..
"Sorry Hayley, but it's a hero grade axe... … It would be quite useful?”
They smiled brightly after receiving the gift from their superiors in preparation for this war..
"Bro, who was that, the troublemaker of Korea... … Is it still rain??”
"Yeah, I heard that that bastard has done a lot of things to me, so we'll see each other soon..”
"But you said you wanted that damn big sword he has.?”
Harry Bernard nodded at those words..
"Yes, I looked into it, but was it Mogley? I'm somehow attracted to that huge sword..”
"Ugh— bro, I know you just looked like you were thinking about that Mexican bitch.?”
"This kid... … Yeah, honestly, I think it's almost the same feeling..”
Harry Bernard usually used a greatsword the size of a human body as his main weapon..
But the moment I saw Lee Hyeon-wook covering ‘Mogley’ on the news, I fell in love..
"When the moment comes for Order 66, that Big Dick will be in your hands..”
Even so, Harry Bernard was planning to glare at Mowglai..
By the way, Order 66... … He shook his head as if he couldn't stop him..
"Don't call this operation that ridiculous nickname. Someone might notice?”
"Then that person becomes Obi-Wan Kenobi! Ugh— wouldn’t that be pretty fun too??”
Like this, every corner of the world was waiting with different intentions for the war to break out in Korea..
***
At this moment, the world's attention was focused on China's media outlets. The reason was simple. This is because they were invited by the Black Orc Kingdom and were broadcasting the ‘troop assembly point’ live..
In other words, the Black Orc Kingdom was using human media for propaganda purposes..
- [Breaking News] Black Oak Kingdom Troop Departure Ceremony scheduled to be broadcast through Chinese public broadcasting (1 report))
- The Black Oak Kingdom even uses China's public media to promote the war with Korea, and its intention is?
It was bound to be quite a shocking event for humanity..
This meant that monsters that were considered barbaric had begun carrying out political maneuvers........
Anyway, Chinese media officials were broadcasting among the Black Orcs..
For them, it would have been too great an opportunity to pass up due to humanity's antipathy towards monsters..
"Everyone, if you look down from here, you can see the Black Orc army at a glance.!”
Liu Yuan, a Chinese Internet broadcaster, climbed to the roof of a building with his broadcasting team..
Meanwhile, to their left and right, Black Orc warriors stood holding weapons, acting as guides and guards..
Liu Yuan, perhaps familiar with their murderous gaze, was slyly conducting the broadcast..
"her… … Look at that. Really, honestly, I think I'm getting tired of it..”
What was once a vast ecological park has now turned into a muddy clearing and is now called a 'troop concentration area'. Thousands of barbaric flags are fluttering wildly along the mounds at the edge..
Woooooo——!
Below, tens of thousands of killing machines are waving their weapons and yelling..
"As far as I know, I heard that there are currently about 15,000 of them gathered together.!”
115,000 could be seen as an insignificant number in terms of a general army..
However, the average level of Black Orc soldiers is estimated to be a whopping 53..
In other words, it was a division-level force composed of C-grade 2nd to 3rd tier players..
This could be seen as an overwhelming force that does not exist in any other country..
After focusing on the scene for a while, Liu Yuan signaled the cameraman to take an upward shot..
Soon, the slowly rising camera focus captures a forest of ruined buildings a short distance away..
"Do you see it over there? As I showed you before, wyverns fly around like a flock of crows..”
Hundreds of wyverns lined up in a line of gray skyscrapers…….
Kueh---——Keueh——
It was like a flock of crows perched on the wall. It's such an unrealistic scene. But if you look a little closer... … Soon, you 'recognize' the reality and instinctively feel chills in your stomach..
"I don't know if this intimidating feeling of being in a tiger's cage will be conveyed through the camera..”
He shook his head and opened his mouth again with a solemn expression..
"Once again, I feel that our senior Chinese players are amazing. We went to war with these monsters three times, and even attacked them... … Even though the restoration of Shanghai failed, it was a great achievement..”
In fact, China could be said to be between this Black Orc Kingdom and the enemy of Cheoncheonji..
But now, this situation was arousing a strange sense of pride in them..
China was greatly weakened by the aftermath of the Shanghai Restoration War that followed the second wave..
It is evaluated as the worst attack strategy, but within China, it is being promoted under the leadership of the Communist Party, saying that the war was not a failure, but a noble fight fought on behalf of humanity..
It is even believed that the Black Orcs are afraid of the Chinese due to their experience at the time, so the rumor that they are attacking Korea instead of targeting China is spreading like an established fact..
It was then.
Sooooo——!
All the black orcs present began to shout and stamp their feet..
“……Uh, can you hear me? Okay, suddenly the orcs started to resonate.!”
Cameras placed here and there all moved towards somewhere..
"Look over there! Another group of wyverns is flying, and black orcs are riding on top of them.!”
In the northern sky, black shadows were flying in groups..
Among them, one of the largest wyverns landed on the 'podium' prepared in the center of the troop concentration area..
thud——!
"There's no way the black orc riding there... … Is it King ‘Stonox’??”
During the last Shanghai restoration war, there were orcs of the ‘boss monster’ level who boasted their majesty..
King Stonox, warrior general Sumakt, and shaman Dieble were called the 'Three Black Orcs'..
"ah! This is Dieble! The fog created by his spell rushed to Suzhou city and caused great damage.!”
One of the three Black Orcs stood on the podium..
This was a scene with great meaning..
"He's on the podium! Could it be that they are trying to announce the start of a war? Well, when you watch movies, don't you see a high-ranking person come out and give a morale-boosting speech before the troops go out??”
A large black orc covered in black skin, a necklace made of skulls hung around his neck..
When he raised his hand, the Black Orc army that was making a fuss all fell silent..
“……Now, let's hear what he has to say..”
On the podium, Diable lifted his hood and slowly opened his mouth..
Thanks to some kind of magic, the voice is amplified very loudly..
"We devour—across the sea—the little land of men.—”
That direct declaration causes fierce cheers..
"We—take control of the floating city—and retrieve our ancestors' relics.—”
This time, even the black wyverns spread their wings in unison and screamed..
"We will—eventually—rule this world.—”
that was the end.
At first glance, it was just a simple, ignorant speech without much substance..
Sooooo——!
However, thanks to the shouts of the Black Orc army that follow, a truly intimidating scene is completed..
Soon, Liu Yuan's face came into focus..
His face turned pale..
He seemed nervous and hesitated before opening his mouth..
"Well, wouldn’t I still be ranked 291st in the Chinese player rankings? I dare say this……."
At that time, hundreds of wyverns fly at once behind him, casting a dark shadow..
"......Dear Koreans, it may not be a good idea to fight back. you will lose."
He shook his head strongly..
"If these troops land on Korean soil, what on earth can stop them??”
He seemed to be lost in his own sentiments and shouted in appeal..
But since everyone in the audience felt what he felt, there were few who could argue..
In fact, no one else but Koreans sympathized with Liu Yuan's words..
The fear that the apocalypse will sweep away everything we love... … If it was Korea, I couldn't help but feel it..
It was then.
Piiiiii——
A sharp sound coming from somewhere—
"......!"
Liu Yuan shouted at him, but his voice was drowned out..
The sky-shattering roar silenced even the Black Orc army..
All living things in this place instinctively raised their heads..
"......."
Dark clouds cover the sky, a sharp sound echoes from beyond, quickly getting closer..
——!
A single ray of holy light—it breaks through the dark clouds and strikes straight down..
Even where Dieble stands, on a huge podium, exactly.—
Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh——!
The overwhelming force applied to one point causes the ground at the edge to tremble and rise..
Qua—ah—ah—ah—ah——!
Earth waves, so-called catastrophes, soar tens of meters high..
And it sweeps away the Black Orc army that was close together..
That wasn't the end.
Where the flash struck, deep in the ground, a powerful shock wave exploded there..
Ku—gu—gu—gu—gu——!
It turns into an earthquake and shakes everything in the area to its core..
“……uh? What, what?!”
The moment the storm-like shock wave arrived, Liu Yuan covered his entire body with a magic shield..
“Ugh!”
However, my body suddenly floated up and I rolled around on the floor and woke up..
"Damn, this is going on, what kind of lightning is this?……."
He shook his head to get rid of the beeping tinnitus..
Then, he helped the cameraman who was staggering right in front of him to his feet..
"Fuck, wake up!”
In order not to lose viewers, broadcasting must continue even under these circumstances..
"Shit—no, don't take a picture there.!”
“yes?”
"Sky, sky! I mean, take a picture over there.!”
He intuitively found the scene that needed to be captured on camera at this moment..
Where the attack came from—there's something in that dark cloudy sky.
"W, everyone, now… … Something flew into the sky!”
His blank eyes searched through the dark clouds that filled the sky..
"So, someone created the Black Orc Army... … It was a preemptive attack.!”
And the first blow was clearly successful..
"Uh, maybe Diable is dead.!”
It made no sense for such a powerful boss monster to die in vain like this..
But after being struck by that unidentified blow just now, the platform disappeared completely..
What was left in that place was a huge pit... … It was just a meteorite ball..
"I don't understand either. What is happening now?……."
But the Black Orcs began to respond skillfully..
Even if I couldn't have predicted this moment of attack, it didn't mean I wasn't prepared..
“Wow—it looks like there are dozens of shamans casting massive defensive spells!”
There must have been hundreds of shamans here alone.,
They all raised their hands and started chanting a spell..
Wooooow——!
Then, black smoke billows out and tangles here and there, creating a huge 'dome'..
Blah blah blah——!
"omg! Guys, have you ever seen such a huge defense spell??”
The huge dome covered this entire troop concentration area in the blink of an eye..
It feels like I'm in a dome stadium... … No, it was several times bigger than that..
however—
Piiiiii——
That sharp sound echoes again.
The disaster will come again.
"omg! It's flying again! And, will Dom be able to stop it?——”
Liu Yuan shouted at the top of his voice, but as expected, his voice was drowned out..
However, only the scenes captured by the camera are effectively conveyed to viewers..
What seemed like a flash of light at first revealed its shape the moment it touched the dome's shield..
that… … Surprisingly it was a sword.
Jijijijijigi———
The sword strikes the dome—stretching the surface of the dome and cutting inward..
It's like a scene where you're pressing down on a plastic membrane with your fingers..
In other words, the moment it reaches a certain critical point... … Your fingers will break through the plastic membrane..
T-huh——!
Right away, like this…….
“Ah—it breaks.!”
In the end, the huge dome collapses..
"Oh, wait a minute! If this happens, the Black Orc Army will……."
It was as if I was defenselessly exposed to attacks pouring down from the sky..
That's it——!
Amid angry shouts that shook the ground, all cameras focused on the dark cloudy sky.,
Soon, something began to slowly descend from within the dark clouds, as if something was sinking..
"ah……."
That's the most famous airship in the world... … It was Friedwen..
Then, dozens of metal boxes emerged through the dark clouds around the area, embroidering the sky..
Wooooow——
And among the numerous war weapons, there is only one human image floating peacefully..
I could see his face even without zooming in..
Who is the one man who can create this phenomenon?.......
"steel rain—!”
Immediately afterwards, his left hand reached towards the ground..
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