The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 15
15. Unconventional offers and vacations - 3
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The first day of vacation after returning has dawned..
The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a system message..
- congratulations! New ‘skills’ are given by satisfying special conditions..
[Skill information]
- Name: Breath Room (Flame)
- Grade: D
- effect
1) The body's furnace: faster absorption of metals. (+50% ~ 250%), the pain inflicted on your body increases as the furnace efficiency increases..
2) Fire Breath: You can store some metal in the breath room and fire it with 'breath'. (1 time per 3kg)
* When you meet hidden conditions, your skill level improves..
By completely absorbing the devil's medal (Inferno), new internal organs called 'internal furnace' and 'breath room' were formed..
“after······.”
With this, the pain that had been bothering him for two days seemed to have disappeared..
In addition, I gained some decent skills, so I felt like I could go on vacation refreshed..
‘The timing was great. I can swallow a lot during this vacation..’
Naturally, delicious food was a must-have for soldiers' vacation plans..
One of the rules of a successful vacation was to eat as much as possible of what is commonly referred to as priest food, things that cannot be eaten in the military..
It may be a little different, but Lee Hyun-wook also had a lot of plans to eat..
‘During this vacation, I spend almost all my time absorbing metals..’
Even Lee Hyun-wook could not properly estimate how much he would be able to grow during his 3 nights and 4 days vacation. But he would be incomparable to what he was up to now..
“Ahn Min-tae, manage your squad well. I exercise regularly with them..”
“Yes, don't worry, get some rest..”
“Oh, and not just exercise, but also combat training and chemical, biological and radiological training..”
“Um, gas mask... you mean??”
“Yeah, what would have happened if I hadn't used my gas mask properly during the last battle??”
“Ah... I understand. It's annoying, but I'll do it from time to time..”
Gas mask, I mentioned it because there was a reason..
Soon there will come a time when we will have to wear a gas mask..
“Park Jun-mo, you are particularly good at ability training. It's useful, your skills.”
“yes! All right! I realized it thanks to Corporal Hyunwook Lee.!”
“Don't just say things with your mouth.”
“It's real!”
Park Jun-mo also has tremendous potential like Lee Hyun-wook as he has growth characteristics outside of his level..
However, the question was when the method for growth would be discovered..
After reporting to the administrative department, Lee Hyun-wook went down to the command and control room and received the ‘Mana Messenger’ for emergency contact with those leaving the country..
This beeper-like item is an object that can communicate through mana rather than radio waves, and was able to communicate even in situations where radio waves were disrupted due to mana scattering..
- 3Level Mana Messenger (Send/Receive: 3 times))
Of course, the number of times was extremely limited..
“uh! hi!”
At that time, someone welcomed Lee Hyun-wook..
It was Sergeant Choi Seon-ah..
“Loyalty. Deputy sub-commander, are you using a suntop vehicle??”
“No, I'm on vacation too! First vacation since moving in! lol.”
Choi Seon-ah looked very excited. She looked like a puppy going for a walk for the first time. As she took off her bulletproof helmet and tactical vest, she looked much smaller, and she certainly did not look like a soldier..
The two talked about various things while waiting for the departure vehicle..
Most of it was about an operation that took place the day before yesterday..
“Actually... I didn't know that Corporal Lee Hyeon-wook was such a great person. But why hasn't he come forward until now??”
It was a difficult question..
“Well, that's the first time I noticed that too. That I can do this······.”
“ah? Really?”
“yes. So far, I haven't had a chance to fight because I just did what I was told..”
“and! He was a hidden genius.!”
Genius... Lee Hyun-wook chuckled..
“no. It's still not enough. Please take care of me in the future.”
“I really, really want to take care of you! Still, Corporal Lee Hyun-wook is actually my older brother... Oh, no, he's older than me, has more combat experience, and I'm stronger, so I think I have a lot to learn..”
“I will do my best to be helpful to the Deputy Commander..”
“hehe, thank you.”
Soon a 15-seater bus arrived..
“Travelers, get on board quickly.!”
Someone shouted, and vacationers started boarding the bus..
There were a total of 6 people.
“Driver, this is the only vacation for today.?”
“Yes, that's 6 people.”
An ensign, who appeared to be a wizard player, was sitting in the passenger seat, and a corporal holding a shield was dozing in the back seat. It was a vehicle escort..
Soon the bus departed..
“Where is Corporal Lee Hyun-wook’s home??”
“I live in Suwon.”
“uh? Close to me! i live on mars.”
“Is that so?”
“ah! Then where did you go to high school??”
High school... It was a question a 20-year-old would ask..
Meanwhile, the story of the two soldiers in the back was also heard..
“This guy in front is him, right? 1st Company F-Class Warrior?”
“······I guess that's right? Was it Corporal Lee Hyun-wook?.”
“Should I ask you if all those rumors are true??”
“Ugh, you're all trash. If it's grade F, it'll be weaker than us..”
They seemed like soldiers from the headquarters company, but they were openly talking about Lee Hyun-wook..
Lee Hyun-wook didn’t care at all..
‘It's strange that you want quiet.’
However, Choi Seon-ah also seemed to have heard the story and hesitated with an embarrassed expression. She probably wanted to come forward and say something as the deputy platoon leader of the 2nd platoon, but she didn't seem to have the courage to do so..
It was then.
“stop!”
The Seontapja shouted like that.,
Kwa-ang!
After something flew and hit the front of the bus,
I-I-I-I-IK!
The bus came to a sudden stop..
“Wow!”
Choi Seon-ah's body was about to float forward and fly forward, but Lee Hyun-wook caught her and made her sit back down..
“omg! What's going on?”
“······.”
Black smoke began billowing from the engine compartment of the bus..
“uh? It won't start!”
When Lee Hyun-wook looked out the window, it was still a mountain path halfway up Namsan Mountain..
“······What the fuck! hey! For the shield!”
When Seontapja shouted like that, the guard woke up and hurriedly raised his shield and struck the ceiling..
At the same time,
bang!
The window shattered and something heavy flew into the car..
In that split second, Lee Hyun-wook knew.
it was metal.
A lump of metal weighing about 3.5 kg,
Right before it crushed the driver's head.······.
-Hung!
Lee Hyun-wook used his ‘control power’ to stop it..
“Hike! ······Do, axe?”
The driver was scared and buried his head in the steering wheel..
‘what is happening?’
In my past life, I wouldn't have gone on vacation at this time, so I couldn't remember exactly..
But suddenly, something in a certain memory flashed by..
Things I didn't experience directly, but felt indirectly······.
‘Yes, two people died..’
The so-called 2nd Battalion bus attack incident······.
thud!
Something hit the automatic door of the bus..
thud!
The automatic door became tattered due to the shock again..
“Damn it! What do we do?”
“Right now, we don't have any weapons.!”
When on leave, all weapons had to be stored in the battalion armory, so they were all empty-handed..
Even with the AMT, I couldn't fight without a weapon..
next moment······.
Kwa-jik!
The automatic door was completely torn off..
And there was something huge standing behind it..
2A muscular body measuring over 100 m, a skeleton that appears to be twice as large as that of a human.······.
Ugh-
This monster was an Orc.
“Uh, uhh!”
“no!”
A large figure squeezed in through the crack in the torn door..
Orcs are medium-sized monsters with the grip strength to strangle a bear with their bare hands, and would easily break a person in half..
“Ugh······.”
The guard raised his square shield and faced him, but he was overwhelmed by the intimidation and took a step back..
“Oh Dong-jin! What are you doing! Stop that orc bastard from coming in.!”
Ensign Seontapja shouted..
He was curled up on the floor, making a phone call somewhere..
“No, how can I stop that by myself?······.”
The guard answered in a hushed voice and raised his shield..
thud-
Average weight 190kg,
Oak's left foot landed on the bus, causing the bus to shake violently..
bang!
“Ahh!”
While the confrontation was taking place at the bus door, something broke the rear window of the bus and entered..
As expected, it was the Orc’s ‘throwing axe’..
“Ugh! Ugh! It's behind too!”
“omg! There's one more in the forest too! Find something that can be used as a weapon.!”
Coming in from all directions.
It seemed impossible to escape, and it would have been crazy for a soldier to react..
Lee Hyun-wook pulled Choi Seon-ah, who was sitting by the window, inside..
“The window area is dangerous.”
“Ah, but what should I do? I'll try contacting the unit.······.”
“yes please do that.”
However, it was 10 minutes away from the unit, and this time, the unit's 5-minute standby team would not arrive on time..
‘If all goes as planned, two people will die..’
Fortunately, one of them was already saved by Lee Hyun-wook..
By stopping the ax that came through the front window, the driver's skull was prevented from being fractured..
Lee Hyun-wook looked around..
‘······A total of three. They are orc scouts.’
Orcs are a smarter race than kobolds.
Of course, he had a strong sense of being ignorant rather than clever because he blindly believed in barbaric rules, but that didn't mean he was stupid at fighting..
As all individuals were very skilled warriors, they were at the highest level in simple all-out warfare..
‘Therefore, regardless of the player's ability, it is impossible to engage in an all-out war against the Orcs with poor skills..’
Those guards and the shipwrecker, both of them didn't seem to have the skills to deal with the orcs..
Kwa-ang!
Near the entrance door, the Orc's 'battle axe' hit the guard's shield, and a loud noise rang out..
“Ugh, black!”
The guard's knees buckled..
As a counterattack, he stabbed the sword he was holding in his right hand towards the orc's body.······.
Tongue!
I got stuck in vain.
“Jeez, damn it.!”
I thought the next victim would be that guard..
‘I need a weapon.’
Lee Hyun-wook closed his eyes..
- Current controllable ‘metal’ weight: 5,499g
‘······It's an axe.’
I felt two ‘throwing axes’ coming through the front and back windows..
yes-
Lee Hyun-wook exercised control and lifted them up..
“Shield there, get out of the way..”
“······yes?”
Lee Hyun-wook did not explain, but just grabbed the guard by the shoulder and pulled him hard, causing him to fall backwards..
Immediately afterwards, an orc's throwing ax flew through the gap..
Per-billion!
It got stuck in the orc's left shoulder..
I aimed the shot precisely at the head, but in that split second, the guy turned his body..
K-ah-ah-ah!
Still, it was considerable damage. The orc screamed and stepped back..
“Well, let's borrow a shield..”
“Ah, yes······.”
“Please give me a sword too..”
“W, here it is.”
Lee Hyun-wook walked out of the bus holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right..
‘Yesterday, the battalion commander told me that he wouldn't be able to deal with even an Orc.······.’
When eating at the executive cafeteria, Lee Hyun-wook's combat power was highly evaluated as C grade, but he clearly stated that it was limited to fighting small monsters and that it would be too much if only orcs appeared..
That was probably the right decision.
If we only look at the skills Lee Hyun-wook has ‘shown’ so far,.
‘······I can't help it, but I guess I'll have to raise his expectations a little more..’
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