The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 165
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Lee Hyun-wook was surprised by the heterogeneous power radiating from Moglei, and unknowingly let go of Hilt..
Tongue——!
A whopping 2 tons of giant sword fell in the direction of gravity and crashed into the ground and the roots of Yggdrasil..
'……no, not 2t.’
He immediately sensed that it had become much heavier than that..
‘We haven't reached the 4th stage of mass liberation yet........'
One of Moglei's passive skills, 'Mass Liberation', was currently at level 3-2t, but Lee Hyun-wook had never reached level 4 even in his previous life..
But now, Moglei's weight had clearly increased..
He used his metal control to levitate the Mowglai into the air and calculated its weight precisely..
yes——
It was exactly 4 tons, which means it was a double increase..
“That big sword, it's something upgraded.?"
Emilia Müller, who was standing next to him, asked if she also felt something, and Lee Hyun-wook nodded..
"Yes, it looks like I just met a certain requirement by beating Nidhogg's Life Vessel..”
Lee Hyun-wook grabbed the Moglay's hilt and lifted it into the air, checking the details..
[Item information]
- Name: Mowglai (Legendary))
- effect
1) Mass Release-Strengthening (1~5): Releases the sealed ‘mass’ and grants the user ‘strength’. (currently level 3)
2) Shockwave-Enhanced: Generates a powerful shockwave. This destructive power is proportional to mass release number 1.
3) Mana Explosive Sword - Enhancement: The blade is given the 'power of the typhoon', causing a 'gust of wind' on the next strike..
4) Space Cutter - Enhanced: A very sharp blade of wind is fired and cuts a large area..
5) Dragon Slayer (3): With the power to kill dragons, it ignores the dragon's power 'to a great extent'. Additionally, 'Dragon Sword Level 3' is granted, improving all abilities (+40%) and forming the highest level 'Mental Barrier'..
6) Barrier Breaker: Ignores a significant portion (50%) of the ‘barrier’ of all large monsters..
In this way, all existing skills were given the name 'Enhancement', and 'Dragon Slayer' was raised to level 3..
And finally, a passive skill called ‘Barrier Breaker’ was added..
‘Wait a minute, it ignores half of the barriers of very large monsters... … This will be a much bigger option than you think..’
Even now, omens of another big event were occurring in various parts of the world..
In other words, it won't be long before all kinds of giants begin to trample on human cities one after another.…….
‘When dealing with them, this barrier breaker skill will become a more powerful weapon than any other..’
To exaggerate a bit, it was like creating a titan slayer..
"What is that strangely smiling expression that doesn't suit you... … I guess that's a good option.?”
Emilia Müller smiled and poked her head in, and Lee Hyun-wook cleared his throat and nodded..
"Well, since you killed the dragon twice, it has to be salty. By the way, who was that guy in England now? That grumpy man would be embarrassed to even be called DS. Because here, the real DS was born..”
As she said, Edward Woods would no longer be able to even show his business card in front of Lee Hyun-wook..
She smiled brightly and raised her thumb toward Hyunwook Lee..
"By the way, Lee Hyun-wook, you are worthy of the person I entrusted your life to. And please take care of my life in the future too..”
"I think you should take good care of yourself before making such a request. Like before, if your arm flies off like a lego, you won't be able to get insurance..”
"Oh, that one? Hehe, I've never been hit properly... … I didn't know my shield could be breached so easily..”
"It wasn't a situation worth laughing about. Anyway, let's go..”
Immediately after, the two escaped from the 'unidentified gap', a narrow space where the Life Vessel was located..
However, the cavity that was originally a terrible darkness was suddenly filled with bright light. This is because lights were streaming in through the cracks in the ceiling and the roots of Yggdrasil..
Perhaps Donald Harris was using the 'master authority' of the World Tree administrator to bring in the light of Yggdrasil itself..
Thanks to this, my vision was secured, and I could clearly see Nidhogg lying face down at the end of the cavity in the distance..
However, the body was so large that, unless you looked closely, it looked like a black hill..
Cheeeeee——
As I got a little closer, I noticed a cloud of smoke near its head. It seemed like the acidic breath inside its mouth was flowing out, melting the floor and releasing toxic gas..
And the guy's red eyes were half rolled back and I couldn't feel the slightest bit of life..
At that time, Donald Harris and the Spirit King approached..
Both of them had blood smeared here and there, as if they had been hit by Nidhogg, but luckily they didn't seem to have any fatal wounds..
"Steele Lane, it may be surprising, but you have achieved another great achievement. It's embarrassing for me, who couldn't hide my anger, and I still don't understand it. How can a person like this exist... … And I'm glad that such a person is trustworthy.……."
Donald Harris has been surprised by Lee Hyun-wook's performance several times so far, but he must still be feeling that feeling being renewed at every moment..
This reaction was very familiar to Lee Hyun-wook, as it was also seen by Kim Kang-seok and Woo Seong-moon..
"Anyway, I didn't expect to catch that monster so quickly... … therefore… … I feel like I made a good investment in you. And personally, I would like to say that I am proud to have found someone I can trust for the first time in a long time, and that I feel like I should not spare any investment in the future..”
“Haha—I was able to do it all thanks to Mr. Harris’s help. Oh, and… … Can I have Nidhogg's body??”
"Well, this time I was only providing a place, so of course that bastard should be yours.?”
In response, Emilia Müller tapped Lee Hyun-wook on the shoulder, then patted her own chest and said proudly:.
"Look. I told you long ago that this guy is no joke..”
"I guess so, but I have a bit of mistrust in people and I especially don't trust gambling addicts and drunkards.……."
Emilia Müller's face scrunched up at those words..
“Ha, really… … Do you know that sometimes I worry that you show too much as having no friends? ah! By the way, how can you not tell me that there is something like that under my feet? Landlord, this is a violation of contract..”
Two hermits who were hiding in a fence called Yggdrasil, avoiding the jealousy and intrigues of the world, complained..
Now that I think about it, Lee Hyun-wook neatly solved all of these two people's major concerns..
But it wasn't time to relax yet..
"Well, we haven't caught those who woke Nidhogg yet, so we need to move quickly..”
Those standing around nodded at Lee Hyun-wook’s words..
"Yes, there must still be a Dark Elf spy somewhere in this city, plotting another plot, right? These rotten things……."
We defeated their plans twice, but they were still hiding somewhere in the city..
I could never feel relieved until they were completely wiped out, because there was no guarantee that such an outrageous thing would not happen again..
"It looks like we'll need to search the entire city for a while, so you two will need to do your best..”
Hyunwook Lee spoke while looking at Donald Harris and Emilia Müller, and Peter Clark stepped forward..
"Oh, I'll take care of that. It was of no help in catching that black dragon... … Even if something like that happens, I will handle it properly..”
Although it did not have many troops, it had quite a few security personnel under its command, so it was able to search the entire Yggdrasil under the command of Peter Clark..
"By the way, Peter, are you hurt? It seemed like I was flying a little rough earlier, so let me know if you need healing. I got hit a little hard too, but it's worth it since I healed..”
Emilia Müller asked so casually that a shadow spread over Peter Clarke's face..
"under… … Emilia, I'm sorry. I failed to do my duty. Rather, I would like to ask. It looked like you hurt your arm a lot earlier.……."
As the saint's guardian knight, he seemed greatly shocked by the sight of her arm flying away..
This was a saint who had been on the verge of assassination for the past few years, and it was Peter Clark who did his best to protect her..
However, it seemed inevitable that she would suffer from a sense of self-reproach because she had suffered fatal injuries..
"Hey, it's me, I can recover as long as my head doesn't get blown off. But the cut area is a bit sore, so I'll have to sleep for the past few days... … You can get drunk on this, okay?.”
Peter Clark's complexion got worse after those words..
“……Next time, you won't hurt a single finger..”
"Oh, okay, so don't panic. Let's go to the ground and catch the guys who planned this and then have a drink..”
She smiled casually and made a gesture of shaking her glass..
But honestly, when her arm flew off, Lee Hyun-wook also felt like his heart was sinking..
It was an injury that would be difficult for even the average warrior player to handle, and he would have never experienced such an injury before... … She seemed to be tougher than I thought..
'She is an essential force in the coming battle against the Necromancer, so she must be kept intact..’
In order to do that, it was necessary to find and clean up all the villains around here..
‘Now that the water cleaning of Seoul is over, is it now the water cleaning of Yggdrasil...? … It's so annoying I'm dying.’
However, when I went to the surface on Prydwen, there was no need to go looking for villains..
“Haha, what is this??”
Emilia Müller looked out the window of Friedwen and snorted as if it were absurd. Other than her, others could not hide their bewilderment at the scene unfolding before her eyes..
Now, Fridwen had just come out of the hole Nidhogg had dug... … Around the hole, isn't there a group dressed in black, fully armed, preparing to go down into the hole??
"No matter how you look at them, they look suspicious.?”
Hyunwook Lee nodded to Emilia Müller’s question..
"Well, people who have nothing to do with this incident would not want to tour a hole with a dragon in it when there are undead monsters everywhere..”
"So are you sure that those bastards are the scum that caused this? I need to catch them all and kill them, but they are all gathered together.
And, crucially, among them was Mario Lima, the villain whom Lee Hyun-wook witnessed in the basement of 'Hive'..
'That bastard will later become one of Black Door's key personnel..’
He was probably working as the right-hand man of the vice president of the current Spiritualist Association..
Anyway, in this awkward meeting, they couldn't hide their mesmerized expressions..
"......."
They were probably preparing to clean up after expecting that the entity coming through this hole would be Nidhogg, not Fridwen..
However, the fact that Fridwen came out unharmed was interpreted to mean that Nidhogg would not come out unscathed, so he couldn't help but look more than embarrassed and close to frustration..
Lee Hyun-wook opened the lamp door of Friedwen, went out and looked down at them..
"By any chance, have you come looking for a friend named Nidhogg??”
They couldn't answer his question. They just looked at their leader, Mario Lima, with a blank expression. But he too had a dumbfounded expression on his face..
Then, Emilia Müller came to the side of Lee Hyun-wook, smiled vaguely, looked at them, and opened her mouth..
"hey! Your dragons are so cool! I'm in there right now, rolling my eyes and falling asleep, but I want to go take a look.?”
***
No major battles took place after that..
That's right, they wouldn't have dared to confront Lee Hyun-wook, who had destroyed Floss Ruber and Nidhogg in quick succession..
Instead, he chose to run away, but was caught not long after that..
After capturing all the villains and dark elves and imprisoning them in another root prison, the party returned to Yggdrasil..
Contrary to its grandiose name, the 'Central Drawing Room' of Yggdrasil looked like the living room of an ordinary European home..
If you think about it, there was no way that Donald Harris' reception room would have been properly decorated because he didn't usually receive guests..
However, since it was inside Yggdrasil, wounds and fatigue were recovering quickly just by being inside..
Crack, crack, crack.
Four people were sitting by the fire on one wall: Lee Hyun-wook, Park Jun-mo, Kim Se-hee, and King Jeongryeong..
And Jane, Jack, and Hannah were sitting on a sofa a little away and talking... … Hannah continued to cry, but eventually she began to sob..
Not only was the day's events very difficult, but he also found out the shocking identity of his best friend, so he was bound to be psychologically unstable..
‘However, there is one thing in their conversation that somehow bothers me..’
After Hyunwook Lee met those guys, he was somewhat concerned about the name ‘Nicole’ that he heard again and again..
‘Hmm, a prophet.…….'
At first glance, Hannah was repeatedly claiming that this entire situation was predicted by an unidentified girl named Nicole..
And Jack and Jane seemed to agree to some extent.…….
‘But the Prophet died a long time ago, and if I recall, players with the Prophet trait never appeared again..’
That's why the 'prophecy' they talk about was just an illusion..
'If not, maybe the villain side.......'
widely—
Lee Hyun-wook adjusted his posture and faced him..
"Well, I think it was probably a few months ago when I noticed that my daughter was going out into the human world and severely reprimanded that guy... … So that guy ran away from home and got into trouble..”
"Oh, I see..”
"Anyway, back then I thought humans were a race of people who couldn't be trusted, and that thought didn't change until yesterday. however……."
Well, the afterword to this cliché line was obvious..
“……I think that thinking has changed a bit now. It’s all thanks to you, Lee Hyun-wook..”
He said that and held out his palm. At that moment, a small box appeared in the palm of my hand..
"Please accept this as my expression of gratitude..”
It seemed like some of the Spirit King quests had been achieved unintentionally, and a small reward had been paid..
Anyway, the box contained two emerald colored jewels..
[Item information]
- Name: Strange Imprint Stone (Hero)
- Effect: Gives the item a random attribute power.
"Such a precious thing... … thank you.”
This was some kind of 'orb'.
However, what was unique was that the specific properties were not determined but were ‘random’..
In other words, while unwanted options may appear, special options that are not easily available may appear..
‘I just need to apply it to two fail notes.?’
There was a downside to not knowing which option would be applied, but whatever came out was better than nothing..
"Oh, by the way, there's one thing I'd like to ask..”
At Lee Hyun-wook’s words, the King of Spirits nodded with a benevolent expression..
"I got an item, and I think the Spirit King can appraise it..”
"Well, let me take a look.?”
Lee Hyun-wook summoned an AD-2 and took out a black crystal ball from it..
"Now, this is pocket space..”
[Item information]
- Name: Room of Solitude (special)
- Effect: Unknown
This was an unidentified item obtained by killing Flos Ruber..
It must have been something out of the ordinary, as it was carried by a dark elf boss monster, but I reluctantly didn't open it for fear that something dangerous might be inside..
"As far as I know, high-ranking spirits are the best at manipulating space. Is it possible to find out what's inside this pocket space without opening it??”
"It's not that difficult, but I guess you'll have to take a closer look.……."
The Spirit King accepted it, held it with both hands and closed his eyes. Then the space around his grasp began to tremble..
"In this……."
He slowly opened his eyes and continued speaking..
"……Hmm, it looks like some kind of creature is trapped there, not an object. Considering that it is not a ferocious monster and is quite exhausted, it seems like it is a prison..”
Prison. Lee Hyun-wook was lost in thought for a moment when he heard those words..
Then, a setting about the dark elf kingdom suddenly came to mind..
‘Their political scene was also quite complicated..’
There was a time when the Dark Elf Kingdom was friendly to humans..
And that was the time when a boss monster called the ‘Dark Elf King’ ruled..
‘But things changed when the villain intervened..’
With the support of the villain, a boss monster named 'Dark Elf General' staged a coup and took power, and that was when the Dark Elf Kingdom's conquest of Europe began..
And now, seeing that the Dark Elves are showing hostile behavior towards humanity, it seems that the villains have probably moved a little faster and become deeply involved in the politics of the Dark Elf Kingdom..
In other words, it could be assumed that members of the royal family who are non-hostile toward humanity are being held captive within this pocket place..
***
Hyunwook Lee was standing in a huge room..
It was the exact same place where the city vacuum cleaner was opened earlier, the spirit colony was persuaded, and a contract was made..
Lee Hyun-wook summoned a bunch of AD-2s there and then took out a black crystal ball, a room of solitude..
And let's give it mana…….
Whoa whoa——
Black smoke billowed out from within, and soon dark elves with their limbs tied came out..
A total of 12 people, all of whom had gray faces..
"Pfft......."
"Hey, how did this happen? Wow 1”
They looked at the human standing in front of them with surprised expressions..
Meanwhile, in Lee Hyun-wook's eyes, their identity was partially revealed..
- Dark Elf Escort Knight (LV)：78)
- Dark Elf Escort Knight (LV)：74)
But among them, one dark elf with a particularly high level stood out..
- Clypheus Griseo, 2nd Prince of the Dark Elf Kingdom (LV)：109)
Lee Hyun-wook had tortured several of the dark elves he had captured earlier and had gathered a certain amount of information..
‘therefore… … 2 It is said that the prince was dispatched to an area outside the kingdom and was in charge of investigating human civilization, but a coup occurred in the dark elf kingdom, and he was suppressed by his deputy, Flos Ruber, and imprisoned in a pocket space.?’
That one, that one, that one.
Lee Hyun-wook approached the second prince..
"......."
He looked up at Hyunwook Lee with eyes full of wariness. However, it was not simple hostility or fear, but his eyes were slowly rolling as if he was analyzing the situation..
First, I checked the state of Lee Hyun-wook's armament, then lowered my head slightly and looked around. He was probably trying to find a way out..
"I have no intention of harming you, and I have no intention of imprisoning you... … You can relax.”
After untying the second prince's bonds, Lee Hyun-wook held out water. After taking the water, he made his subordinates drink it first..
“……The second king of the dark elf kingdom, right??”
At those words, the dark elves stopped moving and their expressions hardened..
Apparently, that information was quite confidential to these guys..
"It wouldn't be any use if I pretended like I didn't know.……."
Accordingly, instead of the second prince, a guardian knight stepped forward instead..
"Damn it, did that woman, Flos Ruber, sell us out to you humans? What did you buy us to do to us, human?!”
It wasn't that I couldn't understand such an extreme reaction..
I was betrayed out of nowhere and was trapped in a pocket space for quite some time. When I came out, what I saw in front of me was an unfamiliar race. If you weren't sensitive, it would have been rather strange..
"No, Flos Ruber was caught plotting to conquer this place, Yggdrasil, and died by my hand..”
Their expressions strangely changed at those words..
“2Prince, I would like to make a proposition. Will you listen? Ah, I’m Lee Hyun-wook… … In human society, he is more famous by the nickname Steele Rain..”
When Lee Hyun-wook revealed his identity, the dark elves' faces turned red, and it seemed like they were aware of Lee Hyun-wook's fame..
“……Prince, I think you're right..”
"Um, stillane… … Come to think of it……."
As he said that, he looked straight at Hyunwook Lee. There was a strange wonder in those eyes, but also a bit of fear..
"Stillaine, destroyer of the Black Orc Kingdom……."
That's what they called it..
‘Those guys will be bothered that I uprooted the Black Orc Kingdom..’
Although they are completely different races, both countries have something in common: they are monster kingdoms that were born after the wave..
"hmm… … Destroyer of the Black Orc Kingdom, is that my nickname among you? Okay, fun..”
Lee Hyun-wook nodded and took a step forward..
"This time, I think I'll call it something a little different.……."
"what does that mean?”
Lee Hyun-wook lowered his posture and was at eye level with the second prince..
"I will bring your kingdom back.”
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