The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 160
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Jack Hamilton was looking at the Hive shopping center from the window of his cheap hotel room..
‘Over there... … Jane is captured..’
Earlier, the ‘guest’ tortured the ‘gangsters’ to find out some information, and Jack also listened from the side..
Those who kidnapped her were a notorious player crime syndicate named.
In this field, it is known as the best group of problem solvers that high-ranking people look for to solve problems..
Because it is made up of skilled veterans, it has a power comparable to that of most strategy guilds..
‘Those guys must be crowded in there.?’
At that time, a man came to my side. He was, as expected, a short man with a mask covering his face..
"Hey, my friend... … Are you worried??”
It seemed like he was trying to comfort me, but his voice was creeping as if he lacked confidence..
"Ah yes……."
But Jack just saw with his own eyes that his skills were not average either..
There, when a woman standing in front of another window created a whirlwind.,
I saw this man manipulating a large amount of electrical current and injecting it into a whirlwind..
It seemed to be a kind of 'control-type' ability that was impossible with regular magic..
I was just wondering who on earth Jane's father was to send these people..
"But you don't have to worry. Everything will go according to plan.”
For some reason, it was a voice filled with firm confidence, and Jack tilted his head, unable to hide his doubts..
"But the number of criminal organization players out there... … There will be more than a hundred people.”
I saw earlier how strong that unidentified man was, but I couldn't help but be worried..
No matter how perfect the plan was, and no matter how many talented people were involved, it was a dangerous situation..
‘And even sneaking in alone?…….'
Will he be able to save Jane? Could it be that he accidentally touched her hive and she died??
but…….
"uh… … Everything will be fine though. I promise you.”
The man didn't stop talking even though his voice was creeping, and Jack tilted his head..
“……I don't quite understand. How can you be so sure?”
"This may not be a particularly persuasive statement.……."
He scratched his head, mumbled a few times, and then came up with an answer..
“……I've never seen him fail before, that guy..”
Who on earth is that man to talk so proudly?…….
Jack looked out the window at a large building painted green—the Hive..
What was going on there was currently unknown..
'However, the man’s attack methods… … I feel like I've seen it somewhere before.…….'
Jack seemed to think of something, but couldn't find the answer. Since none of the three people Jane's father sent were taking off their masks, there must have been a reason why they had to hide their identities..
At that time, Hannah Tate, who was standing next to me, muttered..
"Jack, did Nicole say... … Could it really be a prophecy??”
Nicole, Hannah brought up that strange child's name again..
"He said it. This situation right now... … Jane is in trouble and someone will save her.……."
But Jack didn't believe such tall tales..
"Hey, if you metaphorize things like the Tarot in that way, it somehow feels right. Nicole. Just looking at her, she looks somewhat dark and is probably into the occult, like astrology. don't mind.”
Nicole… … He was a somewhat strange child, but he was close to being insane..
‘That crazy guy is a prophet, what kind of nonsense is that??’
There was only one player in history who could be called a prophet, and he is now dead..
He was a far cry from the guy who got kicked out of the potion factory after not even lasting three days..
"Jack, I've heard more than you. That's not all.”
"What did you hear from him again? It's all just nonsense—”
At that moment—the first floor window broke and something jumped out..
"—uh?”
Someone carrying a backpack soared into the sky while hugging someone else.
that… … It was Lee Hyun-wook, and the person he was holding was Jane..
‘Did you really save me? That too so quickly…….'
Jack shook his head, his mouth wide open. I wondered if this made sense.
The first to move was Sehee Kim. she opened the window.
"Park Jun-mo, take out Mjolnir and prepare fire support from the rear.!”
After saying those words, Kim Se-hee jumped down the fourth floor..
***
Yggdrasil, a detachment of parasite-like dark elves has infiltrated this great city..
‘From what I saw underground, there were about 340 of them..’
Now that they knew each other's identities, it was inevitable that a fight would break out..
Now, there was no need to hide one's identity and one had to pour in all one's firepower and take tactical advantage..
‘First, tear down the entire building and sweep away all the miscellaneous obstacles..’
The hive was a den of evil to begin with, so I didn't feel guilty about cleaning it in a somewhat rough way..
'But inside... … There was one level 119 dark elf boss monster..’
Lee Hyun-wook witnessed the guy's 'information' at the moment he entered the first basement floor..
It seemed like he wasn't going to die just because the building collapsed, so he had to prepare for a big battle..
Meanwhile, Maru was excitedly scraping the concrete of the building..
「Alright, destroy them all! I can't stand it anymore! Wow—」
The outer wall, concrete, collapsed with a sound like a sand castle..
Although the firepower is much less than when it is in a 'runaway' state right after leaving the city vacuum cleaner,,
For a grade A land spirit, scraping concrete was as easy as playing with clay..
Lee Hyun-wook melted, crushed, and pulled out the exposed steel frames..
In just a few tens of seconds, the building shook dangerously, and screams erupted from inside the building..
Perhaps a procession of escapes is continuing... … Maru piled up concrete debris in front of the door..
「Ugh—was that a bit too much??」
At that time, Hyunwook Lee detected several pillars that were carrying the most weight of the building..
‘This is the end.’
And the moment when ‘metal fusion’ is given to the steel frame within it.—
ku—gu—gu—gung——!
The entire building collapsed in an instant and whitish dust rose high into the sky..
Residents of the area heard the violent roar and began to come out to the roadside in droves..
"What, what, what is this?!”
"Ha, the hive... … It's gone?”
It was a historic day when the backbone of Rutlet Town and a den of evil disappeared overnight..
"omg—"
At that moment, Jane, who was in Lee Hyun-wook's arms, opened her eyes and let out a rough breath..
"Hey, I'm out of my mind... … I haven't heard it yet.”
She opened her eyes and was looking at Hyunwook Lee, but her pupils were so wide..
"This is so unsettling.……."
In response, Maru sounded an alarm in an urgent voice..
「Yes, that's right! You must avoid it immediately! That guy starts going on a rampage.!」
Runaway means that a spirit loses its reason and exerts control over its properties beyond its limits..
Jane had lost her senses, perhaps due to the shock of being trapped in a spirit prison..
「This water spirit, he's about to churn up all the water in sight.!」
And then the runaway water spirit began to take action... … It was Lee Hyun-wook himself..
"—Pfft!”
'Crazy, is it really making the moisture in my body boil??’
Controlling the properties of water in such detail was impossible even for the Spirit King of Water..
However, the runaway spirit forgets that it can disappear and goes beyond its limit..
‘However, the limit can be overcome in just a few minutes... … We must stop the runaway.’
Hyunwook Lee had stopped the runaway spirit colony a while ago. However, it was an unusual achievement achieved after meeting several conditions. He was powerless to stop the Spirit King's daughter now..
‘In this state, both I and the Spirit King's daughter will die.!’
Lee Hyun-wook produced metal, attached metal rings to Jane's limbs, and pushed her away..
At the same time, the bracelet filled from the right side - Gleipnir - bound her body..
‘I don't know if this will work.......'
If Gleipnir, which can prevent the target from using skills and abilities, works, the problem is solved..
however…….
-‘Gleipnir’ is not applied because the ‘entity’ of the target is not detected..
It didn't work because the spirit's reality is not in that body but in another dimension - the phenomenal world..
“Ugh—!”
Before he knew it, the blood inside Lee Hyun-wook's body, inside his blood vessels, was bubbling and leaking out of his skin..
I felt like my heart was being squeezed like laundry, and I ended up coughing up a handful of blood..
Then, a nearby water and sewer pipe burst and a large amount of water began to gush into the sky..
"—Boss, what's going on?!”
Kim Se-hee's voice, she rode the wind and glided on the asphalt.
"Damn it, don't come any closer.!”
"yes?”
"Hey, back off.!”
Lee Hyun-wook was able to withstand this strange attack with his strength, dragon power, and mana shield..
In addition, although their attributes were different, Maru, a grade A spirit, was helping with defense as much as possible..
On the other hand, in the case of Kim Se-hee, no matter how much of an elementalist he is, he will explode and die at once..
Still, in preparation for this moment, Lee Hyun-wook prepared one last method..
"Team leader Kim! Hannah Tate, get that girl, come on.!”
Lee Hyun-wook shouted and pushed Jane further into the sky..
‘Now I had no choice but to stay as far away as possible..’
As the distance increased, the strength of the ability to inflict it was bound to weaken..
She struggled, looking down at the ground with bleary eyes..
“Ugh—me—me—why—”
That once kind face became distorted, and deep anger began to appear..
It was not hostility born of bad feelings, but a survival instinct born of despair..
「Do something! In that state, it will disappear in a few minutes.!」
Lee Hyun-wook wasn't just protecting his own life right now..
“—Boss, I brought you here.!”
At that time, Hannah arrived nearby. She was looking up at the sky with her blank face... … Her own best friend, Jane, waved her hands around and saw spray coming from all around her..
"Uh, Jane... … you how……."
Jane's true self, which she may not have known... … It was the power of the Spirit King's daughter..
At that time, Lee Hyun-wook rushed over and grabbed Hannah’s arm..
"Hannah, you need to wake Jane up! She's on a rampage right now!”
Hanna couldn't help but be taken aback by Lee Hyun-wook's words. But I need this timid girl now.
"I told you before, I need your help now!”
"yes? How can I……."
"Just now, before Jane lost her senses, she desperately called out your name.!”
“……My, my name.?”
"Now, you're the only thing he can rely on.!”
This was a lie. But it was true that for now she was the only one who could calm Jane down..
Hannah Tate, she became Jane's only friend and triggered the 'Hidden Quest' related to the Spirit King—later, Jack Hamilton would eventually carry out the quest, but for now, it was her..
‘And if you hold down the trigger, you can stop Jane from running away..’
Having experienced several cases of this ‘partnership’ type of event, Lee Hyun-wook was confident that.
"I'm bringing them in now, so everyone, except Hannah, step back! Hannah, you'll be okay.!”
Lee Hyun-wook pulled Jane, who had been floating dozens of meters in the air, to the floor..
Her body fell at high speed and stopped right before hitting the asphalt..
"I hate it, but I have to kill them all.—”
She was drooling, her pretty face distorted..
Kwa-and-and-and——!
And water columns curved from all directions and hit the group's heads, but Kim Se-hee created a wall of wind and knocked them away. However, as expected, it seemed quite burdensome as to whether there was a difference in ‘class’..
"Ugh! Honey, Jo, just hang on a little longer.—!”
He was screaming inaudibly and doing his best. But it seemed like she would soon be pushed out..
As wind and water crush each other, the area becomes filled with fine water particles and breathing becomes difficult..
"Damn it—Hannah, I don't have time.!”
Hannah approached Lee Hyun-wook's shout, hesitating, but ran forward as if she had made up her mind..
Then he took off his outer clothes, covered Jane's naked body, and hugged her..
"Jane... … it's me! Wake up, I'm here to save you!”
At that moment, the water column stirred loudly. The response came immediately.
"Jane, it's me, Hannah!”
"I'm sorry I couldn't do anything when you were kidnapped……."
With tears in her eyes, she hugged her friend tighter..
At that moment, the water columns lowered their height and…….
“uh—”
With a thud, it poured onto the floor and the entire area turned into a sea of water..
And finally, a voice of reason flowed from Jane's mouth..
“……Hannah—my friend, you saved me.?”
Lee Hyun-wook sighed in relief and then coughed up blood again..
"Ha—I almost died for real this time.……."
He took out a health recovery potion and drank it..
But at that moment, one side of his face turned blue..
Qua—ah—ah—ah——!
Far away in the western sky, near Lake Chad, a powerful beam of light was rising..
At first glance, it seemed unusual and an ominous sign, so everyone hesitated and backed away..
"under… … Shit, what is that again??”
Kim Se-hee, covered in water and completely wet, looked irritated as she flipped her hair..
"Perhaps, the Spirit King... … You came in person..”
After hearing his daughter's screams, the Water Spirit King jumped out of the spirit world..
Qua—ah—ah—ah—ah——!
And all the water in Lake Chad was gathered into one vessel and raised up a huge water column..
It was twice as tall as the Magic Tower and cast a long shadow over the city center of Yggdrasil..
"If it's a water column of that size... … Won't it destroy the city??”
"Well, Donald Harris, he won't sit still..”
Sure enough, a blue whirlwind began to arise across the street..
Hoo—woo—woo—woo——!
The manager of the World Tree, Donald Harris, took action..
"and… … Anyway, half the city will be blown away.?”
The moment those two whirlwinds collided, the roots of Yggdrasil might have been lifted by the force..
And just as the villain side had planned, the battle between the Spirit King and the manager of the World Tree begins..
‘If two old men really start fighting, there will be nothing they can do to stop it..’
This will cause enormous damage to Yggdrasil and become the food for the invasion of the dark elf army..
"Before that happens, we, no, that girl has to stop it..”
Hyunwook Lee walked towards the two women, Jane and Hannah..
"I feel sorry for the person who just woke up... … Could you please stop your father??”
Jack and Hannah, who had blank expressions at those words, took a deep breath and looked at Jane..
"Oh, you're my father? Jane, your father is here.?”
Jane nodded, looking at the rising water column in the western sky..
"If you don't go quickly, your father will have a fight with the manager of the World Tree..”
Only then did Jane stand up unsteadily. And then I looked at Hyunwook Lee..
"however… … Who are you and you know it?”
"hmm? Jane, your father didn't send you.?”
When Jack asked, Jane shook her head firmly without hesitation..
"No, I am a complete stranger. And my father didn't send me either..”
In the first place, the person the Spirit King would send should have been a spirit, but Lee Hyun-wook was a human..
In response, Jack blocked Jane's path and screamed..
"what! Are you fooling us? Who the hell are you??”
It is true that he saved them, but if his identity was unknown, it was right to be cautious..
It was an understandable reaction, as goodwill without cause is rare in this lawless slum..
“I am—”
Lee Hyun-wook opened his mouth, but could not answer..
Because this time something soared right in front of me..
"Ah, it's really varied........"
Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga——!
Hive, digging through the remains of the building, something green began to reach up into the sky..
Those were bunches of green vines... … Each one was so thick that it felt like a dragon..
Perhaps, just before the building collapsed, the elementalists in the dark elf forest sowed a lot of seeds..
‘That's a plant weapon called Green Wave..’
As if to prove its name, green vines rose up in waves and knocked down surrounding buildings..
“Wow—"
"Hurry up, run away!”
The slum residents who were watching this situation began to run away in a hurry..
Lee Hyun-wook put metal belts on everyone in the group and launched them into the sky..
De—de—de—de—de——!
At that moment, the green wave crushed the place where the group was and ate the surrounding buildings..
It soared hundreds of meters high in just ten seconds and engulfed an area of 1 to 2 km..
"Damn it, if this continues, everyone in Rutlet Town will die! fuck……."
Jack screamed. It was a rough neighborhood that was hard to trust, but it was also a place that contained everything about him..
“Uh, what should I do? We need to save those people! Hey, there are a lot of good people.!”
With those words, Lee Hyun-wook pulled his body and brought him right in front of him..
"Jack, you can get out of here and take Jane near Lake Chad..”
"yes? what is that......."
"I'll save the place, so you can take care of Jane..”
"uh……."
"Just because I didn't tell you who I am doesn't mean you won't believe me.?”
Hyunwook Lee said that and nodded behind Jack's back..
"And ride that thing.”
Wooooow——
There, something huge was flying..
Jack turned his head and confirmed its identity..
“Wow—that is……."
that… … It was the most famous airship today, the flagship 'Friedwen' of the Steel Fleet..
"If so, you……."
Only then did Jack realize the identity of the deja vu he had been feeling..
Silver arrows shot up from that man’s waist.…….
And the not-so-common power of metal control.…….
"steel rain……."
Hyunwook Lee took off his mask, and Jack's pupils got even bigger..
“……Oh, it's true?”
A man who prevented numerous disasters and became a pillar of humanity's support was here..
Then, an AD-2 came out of Lee Hyun-wook’s wrist.,
There, four great swords, Mowglei, were summoned and lined up in the air..
"Come on, let's go. The weeding work will be completed when you return.."
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