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The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 129

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Author's note) The weight of the Ancient Iron Golem has been modified from 2,024 tons to 802 tons. After reviewing steel equipment of similar size, I felt that no matter how big it was, it was still too heavy..

Hyunwook Lee was standing on the railing of Laputa and looking at the distant horizon..

“……Boss, how did this happen??”

"Uh, why are you here? You don't have to be on Ganghwa Island.?”

Lee Jeong-jun, Kim Se-hee, and Park Jun-mo ran behind him and asked, but Lee Hyun-wook had no answer..

"......."

Before I knew it, 'Hugin' was floating in the sky between Laputa and the skyscraper and spinning around..

His gaze was now assimilated into Hugin's and was looking down at Laputa and downtown Seoul..

Go—oh—oh—oh——!

An 802-ton giant is crashing down like a huge chunk of meteorite as a strange wind blows..

Even Lee Hyun-wook couldn't move that massive chunk of metal as a whole at the moment..

However, you can control the direction by slightly moving the edge while floating in the air..

‘It is about 1.7km to the ground… … It hits right on top of that monster’s head..’

And in that split second, I figured out what giant boss monster I had to face..

- Hydra's first head (LV. 98)

- Hydra's second head (LV. 109)

- Hydra's Third Head (LV. 110)

- Hydra's fourth head ★ (LV. 113)

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There are 9 in total, each head is level 98-113. Among them, the fourth head seemed to be the 'center'..

The level is not as high as you might think, but it would be a different story if there were as many as 9 of them combined..

‘And the hydra's head continues to regenerate.’

Hydra was one of the 12 trials of Hercules in Greek mythology.,

According to the myth, that demon beast also possessed tremendous regenerative abilities and powerful poison..

Therefore, if you cannot finish it off with one strike, the battle will inevitably become increasingly difficult..

‘All heads must be quickly removed and then burned so that they cannot regenerate..’

At that time, it must have felt the shadow cast from above, so it raised its head a few times..

Hehehe——!

A warning roar, the three heads open their mouths wide and spray dark green liquid..

Pushy——!

The infamous poison spewed out like a fan, melting the exterior walls of both buildings like whipped cream. Soon, the Ancient Iron Golem entered the area of ​​influence, and its surface oxidized and boiled..

But that's all, the big body continues to fall without a care in the world, getting closer to the ground..

‘Knowing this would happen, I applied at least a thin layer of orichalcone and adamant to the surface during fusion..’

It was able to withstand deadly poison and acid thanks to the two metals, which have much stronger anti-magic properties than ordinary metals..

‘So, save..’

In the end, the Ancient Iron Golem's body lands squarely on the Hydra's head..

Qua—ah—ah—ang——!

……I crushed it. There was no other suitable expression other than that..

At the same time, he hit one of the heads with the 20m adamant spear he was holding in his right hand..

coo coo coo coo coo coo coo......

Fallout occurs, and buildings in the area that were otherwise distorted begin to sway..

After this battle, it seemed like the city center of Jung-gu would have to be reorganized on a large scale..

thud! thud! thud! thud!

Like downtown Dubai hit by a sandstorm, dozens of skyscrapers were engulfed in dust..

In the meantime, a 21-meter-tall metal giant and a demon beast twice as long are entangled and fighting to the death..

‘Okay, two heads subdued..’

One was pierced with an adamant spear and the other was crushed by stepping on it with his weight..

But if you let your guard down just a little bit, you'll soon find yourself dealing with a newly regenerated head..

‘Don't give yourself time to recover.’

Lee Hyun-wook raised his head..

Three Moglei had been summoned in advance and lined up in the air..

Then, at Lee Hyun-wook's hand gesture, they fell and suffered the acceleration of gravity..

Sigh-i-i-i——!

Thump—thud— The two heads were stuck on the moghlay and hit the ground, as if they were stuffed..

However, the drop attack was just a kind of 'loading'. Lee Hyun-wook pulled the trigger..

‘flare whip—’

At that moment, a total of 12 red whips, 6 each, began to bloom and destroy the area. Since the Ancient Iron Golem was also included in the scope, its body was also cut into pieces..

Zeng—! Zeng—!

However, as long as the 'core' is not destroyed, the golem continues to attract surrounding metal and reassemble..

The hydra was also regenerating quickly, but it was completely devastated and its movements were noticeably slower..

Hyunwook Lee extended his left hand toward the ground..

And I memorized two spells.

“Fusion—transformation—”

Then, the Ancient Iron Golem's body turned red-hot and melted, and its chest transformed into dozens of chains and began to tie the Hydra's nine heads together..

Slam! Slam! Slam! Clap!

The moment the chains interlock, they become 'fused' again and become tightly entangled as if welded..

It was no different from an 802-ton steel straitjacket..

Geez——!

The hydra twisted its body as if in a fit, but it would not be easy to free it..

"Park Jun-mo, can you give me that belt again??”

"yes? waist belt… … Oh right! yes!”

Before going to Ganghwa Island, Lee Hyun-wook lent two items to Park Jun-mo..

It was ‘Mjolnir’ and the ‘Northern Trader’s Belt’ obtained at the Chennai auction house..

"But this suddenly became the liberation of potential........"

Lee Hyun-wook nodded as if he already knew..

"Ah, I see you already knew.?”

The identity of this ‘Northern Merchant’s Belt’ was ‘Megingijord’, Thor’s Belt..

However, because its potential had not been released yet, it was not functioning properly..

‘As far as I know, the potential is only released when worn by someone with a certain amount of immunity to electric current..

And Park Jun-mo’s current resistance is virtually immune… … No, rather, the current becomes a buff..

therefore—

[Item information]

- Name: Megingijord (Legendary))

-effect

1) Belt of Strength: Body strength and strength double.. (+100%)

2) Trace of Raijin: Immunity to electric current increases significantly.. (+50%)

The moment you put it on, your whole body starts to heat up and become energized..

The moment you are handed ‘Mjolnir’—

- <Thor's Armor Set (2/3)〉Effect is activated!

* All melee attacks are given the powerful 'current' attribute.

Lee Hyun-wook threw himself off the railing. But his body did not fall. It walked forward as if it had invisible legs and stopped exactly in the vertical line of the hydra..

"A direct attack on Laputa will begin soon..”

At those words, tension spread across the faces of the three people waiting at Laputa..

"But maybe… … Are you asking those customers to keep waiting??”

Lee Jeong-jun, who recently played the role of Laputa guard captain, asked:.

"Yes, tell them to wait until I give the signal..”

Lee Hyun-wook left those words and fell vertically, as if he was sinking into water..

Whoa whoa——

On the contrary, there was something rising vertically from the ground..

That was a single moghley.

At the intersection of the two straight lines, Lee Hyeon-wook grabbed Moglay’s hilt..

Due to the characteristics of the Savior of Seoul, all abilities are doubled. In other words, the strength is doubled..

And when it doubles, the moment you act on it, it doubles again..

Blah blah blah——

In addition, Lee Hyun-wook's explosive strength began to appear as a result of his rigid body..

It falls vertically in that state. And all the metal control is placed at the end of the 2-ton large sword..

Hung——

In the field of view, the building and the two monsters were growing rapidly, and Hyunwook Lee was already between the buildings..

He swung his Mowglai with all his might, brushing past the chained Hydra..

Wow——!

Even the chain wrapped around its neck was cut off..

In that blow, heads 6 and 7 were cut off at the same time..

Cheolpuk—

Then, when he gestured, the two Moglei that had been pinned to the ground rose into the air. And it starts to turn red. Helios heat ray, the great sword was heated to thousands of degrees..

Lee Hyun-wook moved it and held it against the hydra's neck, the cut surface..

Cheeeeee——!

‘If you burn it like this, playback will stop..’

This was exactly how Hercules subdued the Hydra in Greek mythology..

At that time, I heard someone shouting from behind me..

"Hyunwook Lee, continue! 'Cause we'll cover you!”

It seemed like it was probably Kang Seo-yoon. When she flies at Lee Hyun-wook, she hits her black sphere with an arrow and bounces it away..

“6O'clock, three shamans are preparing something!”

"Okay, back out and take a seat! I block it!”

Next, Anyang Duo's voice is heard..

Lee Hyun-wook believed in them and focused on finishing off Hydra..

Cheeeeee——!

‘I finished 4 heads with this..’

While Hyunwook Lee was cooking Hydra, he quickly scanned the surrounding area through Hugin..

A huge pit occurred at the intersection of Seoul Station... … I saw several figures standing inside..

'……There is no Stonox..’

Didn't the King of the Black Orc Kingdom unexpectedly come to this land??

instead…….

- Black Orc Warrior Sumakt (LV). 142)

'In this phase, that bastard is the real boss monster..’

3Warrior General Sumakt, one of the great Black Orcs... … It is a level 142 boss monster..

In other words, this summoned beast called Hydra is nothing more than a kind of ‘mid-boss’ concept..

He walks out of the pit, carrying a huge axe and leading dozens of SS troops..

But after that, another boss monster caught my eye..

- Black Orc Shaman Chief Dieble-Puppet (LV). 139)

It was also Dieble, one of the three black orcs..

'I definitely killed that guy..'

Didn't Lee Hyeon-wook drop Mogley from low altitude at the Shanghai troop concentration area and strike it down? Even if it was a boss monster, it was damage that the Shaman class with weak defense could not withstand..

‘Wait a minute, you’re a puppet… … Oh, is Stonox controlling it??’

It seemed like the corpse had been raised through necromancy or something, and Stonnox had come possessed..

Shamans associated with the ancient gods often displayed such strange methods..

Meanwhile, the guy seemed to be preparing some kind of spell..

Go—oh—oh—oh......

Black orcs lying everywhere—possibly sacrifices—black energy oozing from their bodies, which were sucked into the black crystal ball in the puppet's hand..

‘That crystal ball contains a pocket space..’

Pocket Space: In some ways, it is similar to subspace, but it is a much higher-dimensional space in that it forms a material universe in which life can also reside, and is therefore difficult to create..

In other words, maintenance costs are very expensive... … Hundreds of lives must have been sacrificed to form that thing..

‘And then they hid the army there and moved through space to this place..’

Soon, the spell he was preparing was completed..

Qua—ah—ah—ah—ah——!

Black light bursts from the black crystal ball and a violent wind blows..

The compressed space contained within begins to flow out..

That means… … It could be interpreted that the army contained within appears..

After cutting off the last head of Hydra, Lee Hyun-wook took refuge behind the Ancient Iron Golem..

“—Damn, what happened all of a sudden! Everyone come behind me!”

Lee Hye-min, the tank of the Anyang duo, slammed her shield to the floor..

Then, a translucent shield the size of a house was formed, blocking the storm..

Qua—ah—ah—ah—ah——!

Even in this melee, the street trees that were lucky enough to survive are uprooted entirely and fly high into the sky..

"......."

After a while, when the storm stopped, dark shadows suddenly appeared overhead..

Everyone raised their heads and looked straight at the thing that had blocked out the sun..

fur—fur—fur—fur——

36A dozen crude airships were lined up in a messy manner in the sky over Seoul..

‘Ragged Fleet…….'

The power engine of those things is not mana, but the core of a 'demon beast' that generates power by swallowing life force, and what is believed to be its roots were sticking out and writhing wildly..

Meanwhile, Lee Hyun-wook's quest target, 'Ed On-Giant Disease Research Institute', was also mixed in. Among the tattered fleet, something unusually large and with a sophisticated light caught my eye..

fur—fur—fur—fur——

Soon the ragged fleet began to increase altitude. The final destination of the route was, of course, ‘Laputa’..

The lids near the ceiling of the first few ships open, and black orcs stick out their heads and shoot fireballs..

Thump—thump—thump—thud—

Accordingly, Laputa also began responding..

Qua—ang——!

The large cannon built by the Gray Dwarves bursts into flames, and one of the leading tattered ships is destroyed in half..

And of course, there were quite a few security forces on standby inside Laputa as well..

‘Plus, there's Talos as a Bronze Sentinel.…….'

It was probably not easily taken over..

But that didn't mean I had any intention of just watching them push in..

Lee Hyun-wook took out an item from his arms..

It was a circular blade, Chakram, Sudarsana..

I threw that legendary weapon with all my might into the sky..

Whoosh——!

Sudarsana flies at high speed and leaves a curved red afterimage.,

Soon, it passes along the bottom of a tattered ship, making vertical lines as if rolling a cartwheel..

go go go go——

Flames rise from the torn part belatedly and fall slowly..

pop——!

‘After all, the Ragged Fleet has virtually no defense..’

Immediately after, the moment Sudarsana reached the center of the ragged fleet.—

‘chakra explosion—!’

Hyunwook Lee started the skill of Sudarsana..

At that moment, Sudarsana stood tall in one place..

And then it starts spinning like crazy like a windmill..

Wing—wing—wing—wing——!

Intense red light spreads like watercolor paint along the rough rotation trajectory..

As the concentration became thicker, it felt like another sun had risen in the sky..

Soon the rotation speed becomes uncontrollably fast, and the moment you feel anxious that you might be thrown off.—

Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga——!

The red light that spread like that spreads out in all directions like an explosion..

I didn't see the next scene.

no, couldn't see.

"Ugh—"

Because the light was so strong that everyone had no choice but to turn their heads..

coo coo coo coo coo coo coo…….

When visibility returned, 23 of the 36 tattered ships of the fleet were half destroyed and falling down..

That's it——!

At that shocking scene, the Orc army that appeared in the pit at the intersection of Seoul Station began to howl..

That's it——!

That's right, it was already the third time that Lee Hyun-wook had suffered damage that was close to annihilation..

Is it you again this time? A cry that seemed to contain such resentment filled Seoul Station with sadness..

At that time, another shout is heard from behind..

“—Troops, ready for battle!”

The troops of the 1st Battalion, 3rd Port Horse Brigade, which had been avoiding the fight against the monsters, began to move..

- Hyunwook Lee, we would like to help you too. Is that okay??

This voice was Colonel Kim Kang-seok. He was here too.

But Lee Hyun-wook shook his head..

"Not yet, please wait a little longer.”

- ……Is there anything left to show you??

"in fact… … It's just the beginning.”

He said that and lifted his body into the air..

His body gently rises vertically, as if riding a transparent elevator..

Soon, when it reached an altitude that was at eye level with dozens of story skyscrapers,,

He slowly raised both hands.

yes——

At that moment, the large pieces of the tattered fleet that were pouring down stopped one by one..

Everyone was mesmerized by the scenery that seemed to be hanging in the sky by an invisible net..

Immediately after, the metal fragments underwent 'metal transformation' and became a huge and wide 'plate'..

Blah blah blah——

“……Why did I leave Laputa here instead of moving it??”

Laputa, it was a clear target and was sure to be attacked..

Accordingly, Jung-gu, Seoul, this important city center, is bound to suffer damage..

There was no way Lee Hyun-wook didn’t know that..

But the reason this place was chosen as the battlefield was very simple..

"This place, Seoul, gives me strength.”

The achievement of being the savior of Seoul. If Seoul were at war, Lee Hyun-wook's power would be exactly doubled..

therefore......

- Current steerable metal weight: 11,246 kg

Now, 11 tons of metal can be controlled at once..

"And in this huge city... … There's so much metal……."

He raised his hands even higher..

Then, the remains of the tragically collapsed building, and the steel frames like H-beams within it, rise one by one..

In addition, streetlights, traffic lights, and even manhole covers along the streets fly up..

And as expected, the metal was transformed into a wide ‘plate’-like shape..

Metal falling from the air, metal rising from the ground, and things made like that move in perfect order. As if it were a train, it follows Lee Hyun-wook's hand gestures and forms something in a row..

Thong—thong—thong—thong——!

At that time, huge steel plates fall and hit the asphalt of Sejong-ro..

that… … It was a long wall.

In this way, Sejong-ro was blocked by a 7-8m high steel wall..

Thong—thong—thong—thong——!

Subsequently, Toegye-ro and Tongil-ro were completely blocked at the same time..

Thong—thong—thong—thong——!

Finally, to Hangangdaero… … The entire intersection was surrounded by a steel barrier..

In other words, the Black Orc army that emerged from the pocket space was completely trapped in all directions..

Lee Hyun-wook looked down at them and took out something..

It was Mjolnir.

But this time, I didn't mean to rain down lightning..

[Item information]

- Name: Molnir (Legendary))

- effect

1) Steel Thunderbolt: When thrown, destructive power increases significantly..

2) Returning: Returns when the owner orders it to return..

3) Thunder God's Wrath: Emits a powerful electric current.

4) Chloride Storm: Releases overwhelming heat.

Not long ago, we succeeded in applying the legendary grade orb ‘Fragment of the Sun’ to Mjolnir..

Thus, the fourth skill, Chloride Storm, was born..

This time I thought I would experiment with it..

Lee Hyun-wook slowly lifted Mjolnir and said..

"......Welcome to Seoul.”