The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 186
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“……If only the saint is sealed, Steele Rain will never be able to defeat the necromancer..”
The person who said that was Steleton, who stood at the center of the Flower of Death—a 'high-ranking lich', one of the necromancer's clans and the representative of death..
"With this, my life can once again regain meaning in this world. I will be remembered as the one who brought about the end of that treacherous hero.."
He laughed good-naturedly, and his bony jaw clicked and made a clicking sound..
His real name is Juan Álvarez, he was once the 9th ranked Mexican player and a master of the fairly rare trait 'Summoning Magic'..
However, four years ago, while attacking a gate opened in Amazon, he was ambushed by players who entered together, and thus met his unexplainable death..
That was the end of his life.
his name has been forgotten by the world.
No, I had to..
But something strange happened.
It was about a year ago.
Trapped in the darkness, a black space with an unknown name, he felt a strange feeling as if someone was pulling him up, and soon he opened his eyes in a basement..
Like this, with a body of bones…….
His current master, a necromancer, used the power of death to revive him as a 'lich'..
- (!) You are a dependent of a specific player. If you do not obey his orders, you will disappear..
Since then, he has served as the Necromancer's operational advisor to the Death Legion..
He was a former strategy team leader who boasted a 100% dungeon clearing rate during his lifetime, and because he had experience handling numerous summons, the necromancer placed him in a key role..
As the second-in-command of the Legion of Death, he has conquered numerous dungeons, and has been recognized for his efforts, and is now in charge of the operation to conquer Steele Rain..
'……No matter how thoroughly he prepared, he couldn't be more perfect than us. Because we have been concentrating all our efforts just to defeat him..’
So far, the villain has attempted to assassinate Steele several times, and they have all failed..
But in reality, they were all just tests and reconnaissance activities..
‘All of that was to figure out what kind of weapon that guy had and make the perfect attack at the last moment. Those many sacrifices ultimately became the foundation for our victory.!’
He laughed and looked at the battlefield, which was changing to his advantage..
The current situation was going very favorably..
The biggest problem, the saint, was cursed by Grigori Azazel, and as a result, legions of necromancers were escaping in the sacred flood..
Additionally, the zombie swordsman Kaito Okita was quickly running through the giant's fortress to finish off the saintess who had lost her powers..
He was the greatest swordsman when he was alive, but when he became a zombie, he became an immortal monster with four arms and wielding four swords..
‘Soon, the saint's head will be taken by that guy's sword..’
Juan Alvarez looked forward to the scene and leisurely gazed at it..
But at that moment, isn't Stillane landing on the giant's fortress and standing face to face with Okita Kaito??
“her?”
The meaning of that scene was simple..
"Ah, that's right, you can't stop it by just firing your weapon from afar, so this time you're going to try to stop it by throwing your body at it.?”
Steele Rain had already defeated Kaito Okita, but the situation was completely different now..
“Yes, no matter how hard you break it, hehehe—it will eventually come back to life, cut you down, and then decapitate the saint..”
That monster swordsman can no longer be defeated with a single sword..
Take a look—!
At that time, Steelerain swung a large sword, and with that single blow, Okita Kaito was cut in half and fell..
“oh—”
However, it would be restored to its original state in just a few seconds anyway, and if the battle was fought that many times, the swordsman's characteristics contained in Okita Kaito's body would find the opponent's weaknesses..
In other words, no matter how strong Steele Rain is, he will eventually allow a single blow during repeated fights..
however…….
Cheeeeee——
Strangely, rather than being reunited, the shattered and scattered bodies of Okita Kaito begin to burn up with blue flames.?
"......huh?"
That was a phenomenon that appeared when the power of death was extinguished by divine power..
and.......
- The 'zombie warrior blessed with death' that you controlled will return to eternal death..
「……huh? What, what! What's going on?」
He raised his voice without realizing it, and his panicked voice boomed through the loudspeaker magic..
Lee Hyun-wook stepped on Kaito Okita's head, which was so vainly rounded, and crushed it..
And then, the moment he raised his head and looked towards the flower of death, Juan Alvarez felt as if a prickly bone was growing on his spine that didn't even exist..
「Uh, why— You, Steele, have that level of divine power?…….」
This was not in his plan.
No, it was a situation I could never imagine..
A hole was opened in the sky and holy water was pouring down, which was an unpredictable phenomenon, but it was a problem that could be solved somehow by neutralizing the saint..
But this… … It clearly paralyzed the subject of the strongest divine power, a saint, so why does a divine power even stronger than that exist??
It was literally an unprecedented phenomenon..
“……Damn it, Steele, what kind of nonsense are you doing again??”
But there was no time to worry about the reason for that mysterious phenomenon..
That's because the giant sword with deep divine power left Steelein's hand and started flying this way like a ballistic missile..
"Uh oh—”
The first target was the 16 red bone wyverns floating in the sky... … And there were quite a few legions of undead attached to their bodies..
There seemed to be no way to prevent that interception..
***
Lee Hyun-wook stretched out his left hand and moved the 100-ton holy sword, thinking..
'......I was lucky.’
This is the only way I can express this situation..
While he was going back and forth with the villain side, passing each other's words and exchanging tricks, an unexpected result emerged from the complicated situation..
‘holy sword…….'
This was not a move that Lee Hyun-wook had prepared, but it was activated by chance, creating a situation close to checkmate..
It is often said that it was as if the goddess of victory had lifted his hand..
- What, what is that? It's not the power I gave you…….
Emilia Müller also felt the power of the holy sword and asked in a surprised voice..
"I don't know, but it's a blessing..”
Blessing, that was a very appropriate expression..
But I couldn't just be relieved..
The game isn't over yet.......
'You can only win if you know how to use this lucky variable properly..’
Lee Hyun-wook immediately concentrated his metal control on the Holy Sword—Mogley and advanced it toward the enemy lines..
Hung—!
It was shot through the air, and the group of bone wyverns in its orbit were scattered in all directions..
However, the huge flying monster with other undead hanging all over its body was not fast enough to avoid the giant sword flying at subsonic speeds..
100 million——!
The giant sword pierced through one of the wyverns, and its bone fragments flew in all directions..
It was a refreshing and destructive scene, like the feathers of a bird being shot fluttering..
The wyverns flapped their wings violently and tried to avoid the tip of the sword, but with a single wave of Lee Hyun-wook's hand, the giant sword swung around freely and pierced them one by one..
Bur—bur—bur—bur——!
Pieces of white bone and dark red flesh fell into Ususu—Seongsu Lake again, and some of them evaporated with blue flames before they even reached the surface of the lake..
‘Now, it won't come back together again..’
If you were an enemy, you would feel helpless, facing a runaway locomotive that could never be stopped..
As such, although it was only a single weapon, the divine power contained in it was of the highest level, and although it was only a single weapon, its influence on the battlefield was the strongest..
and go further…….
"This is a weapon that can hunt necromancers..”
Hunting, to be bold enough to say that, was a performance that could be the worst match for a Necroman..
Lee Hyun-wook exhaled slowly, feeling a sense of fulfillment more intense than at any moment since his return..
I've made a lot of efforts to change the failures of my past life, but I always felt like it wasn't enough..
But now, as if I had found the answer, I felt refreshed inside..
If this level of power…….
'……Beyond the current necromancer, you will be able to deal with the necromancer from your past life even if it crosses the dimension..’
As such, the holy sword option attached to the 100-ton Moglei was optimal for dealing with necromancers..
Before we knew it, the sky over the battlefield was filled with flying bone fragments, and now the only thing left floating on its own was the ‘Flower of Death’..
Very neat, cleaned up.
「.......」
The senior lich, who had been chatting with loudspeaker magic just a moment ago, was speechless..
He was probably asking his master, the necromancer, what to do, and if he didn't have another card ready,.......
'……They're going to try to get me out..’
Lee Hyun-wook wasn’t going to let that happen..
‘1I barely got rid of Cha Jeon, but now I might catch him in reverse..’
If we missed here and went to the third game, a completely different situation would unfold, so the risk was high..
‘So, when the opportunity comes, you have to finish it clearly..’
He brought an AD-2 closer and took out a black helmet called 'Quinee' from it..
let's write it—
yes—
Lee Hyun-wook's figure disappeared from nowhere, and Juan Alvarez, the senior rich man who had been watching him closely, looked around with a bewildered expression..
“……huh? what! Where did you go again??”
"Brother, I think you just need to be careful with that sword first. That strange divine power appears to be limited to just that one sword..”
A death knight standing next to me said so..
He is currently the only one among the four Death Knights with an ego, and was controlling the other three..
Whoa whoa——
At those words, Juan Alvarez glared at Moglai, who was gliding in the sky and flying towards us..
“……Samuel, I'm going to open a portal to get out of here, so we have to stop it somehow..”
It is virtually impossible to block a giant sword with such overwhelming power. That's like trying to stop a locomotive with your bare hands.
No matter how many magic shields you hit, it will never break through.…….
However, if you are an undead, even if your body is crushed by that thing, it will regenerate, so this was a bold move..
But now, the game has completely changed..
If that thing passes by, you will literally die instantly and be annihilated..
“Still, if the four of us put all our effort into it, we might be able to get at least one hit. Of course, all four of us will perish, but we'll do it.”
"Okay, while you hold out, I'll open a short warp to the open death haven in the water, and get as many bones as I can before heading back..”
"Yes, the ossified bones are your precious property..”
The Death Knights, who were still barely conscious, raised their shields while chasing the Moglei flying in the sky with blank eyes, and a black magic circle rose up..
Still, since these guys were certain about their performance, Juan Alvarez decided to trust them, put his hands together, and began to recite a spell..
Wooooow— —
Black smoke began to spread from both Juan Alvarez's hands..
If this magic was completed, it would be possible to drag all the bones imbued with the power of death in the area and return to the Temple of Death, the Necromancer's domain..
but—
Kwasik—
‘huh?’
I heard a crashing sound.
And right in front of you…….
He paused his spell and raised his head.…….
“omg!”
Stillane, he was standing on the flower of death, cutting off the head of a death knight..
In his hand was the 'Balisardo' that Kaito Okita had just used..
And Juan Alvarez felt that a more disgusting energy than anything else was radiating from that sword..
, This meant that the Holy Sword effect had moved from Mowglai to Balisardo..
'Well, that makes sense.?’
When Lee Hyun-wook swung his sword, sacred silver light scattered along its path, and all beings of death that touched it disappeared with blue flames..
Death Knight was no different..
They were at least level 155 and had a defense power that rivaled that of any existing knight player, but their bodies were damaged in a single blow..
"Big—”
If that sword had not been a holy sword, it would have easily gained the upper hand by pushing and sticking with the Death Knight's unique persistent vitality and overwhelming attack power..
However, since it was a holy sword, just one blow was enough to put the death knight in a dying state..
Even if they are only hit by a single blow, their armor becomes crumpled like cheap plastic and their bodies become dented like tofu..
And above all, Steelein's swordsmanship skills were considerable..
visor! visor! visor! Suddenly—
As if to prove that it was not luck that he defeated Okita Kaito, the so-called sword saint, several times, he used his overwhelming movement to get between the Death Knights and take them down in an instant..
Quack—
Now, there are only two left.
"Damn it, stop him somehow!”
At the shout of Juan Alvarez, the two Death Knights blocked Lee Hyun-wook, and he quickly began to chant another spell..
Gooooo——
Then, black energy flowed from the Flower of Death and gathered in his grasp..
"It only takes 20 seconds! With this one hit, even that guy won't be able to withstand it..”
Still, no matter how much of a holy sword he was holding, Death Knight was probably the best knight-type player at one time, so it was bound to be not easy to fight them both at once..
The reason the two were attacked so quickly just a moment ago was because they approached in a stealthy manner and attacked by surprise..
Perhaps knowing this, Lee Hyun-wook also stood on the edge of the flower of death and slowly lowered his sword as if to measure the timing..
he opened his mouth.
"I'm sorry, but the reason why Argetlam's holy sword enchantment effect is good is……."
Sssssssssssssssssss—
At that time, an item materialized from the imprint of his right wrist..
“Even if it is not a sword, it can be given the effect of a holy sword..”
If it was just one weapon, the Holy Sword could be used by changing its effects..
What Lee Hyun-wook took out was a shotgun—Black Rhino..
As a result, the two Death Knights who were preparing for close combat looked at each other for a moment as if dumbfounded, then hurriedly raised their shields.—
Kwa—ang——! Qua—ang——!
The two Death Knights' shields broke and melted in two explosions, and the two explosions that followed made them fly away like empty cans..
Chichichi— Along with the sound of fireworks, blue smoke rose from all over their bodies..
Kwa—ang——! Qua—ang——!
Lee Hyun-wook quickly approached them and fired one more shot gun shot at their helmets, causing them to retire..
Juan Alvarez, who had not yet completed his conversion blow, hesitated and retreated..
"Sadly, so many friends are gone.?”
The moment Lee Hyun-wook sneered and raised the muzzle of his gun, two Pale Notes flew from somewhere and cut off both of his wrists at the same time..
Jump! Suddenly!
“……Ugh, no matter what I do, the death march will never end. A greater death will eventually eat you up..”
"Hmm, Death March, isn't that too much for skeleton role-play? I would never have used those words before... … And you don't die now.”
"what?”
"I need you to guide me..”
Hyunwook Lee put the muzzle of the gun to the guy's forehead with both hands, exercised his metal control, and took out the Mana Messenger from his pocket..
Chic—
“—Spirit King, I would like you to clear the way now.."
Then the lake of holy water that covered the earth split like the Red Sea..
Shoot ahhh— —
The floor there was still a sticky black sludge, a ‘place of death’..
When Lee Hyun-wook looked down at that place, Juan Alvarez smiled wryly as if he had sensed his intentions..
“Ugh—do you think you will be able to enter if we come out of the Deathly Hall? No living being can ever enter that passage..”
"So I need you.”
“……what?”
It was a place of death, a huge two-way portal that summoned the Necromancer's undead army..
Lee Hyun-wook knew how to open the two-way portal of that vast place of death..
Among the black mud, the point that glowed particularly red was the entrance to the 'portal', and entry was not possible from the outside without the necromancer's approval..
However, it was different for someone like this upper-level lich who was delegated administrator authority by a necromancer..
‘I have targeted necromancers with this method several times..’
Just as the easiest way to stop Lee Hyun-wook was to assassinate him, in order to stop the Necromancer, it was necessary to assassinate him rather than confront him head-on..
For him, the guardian of his previous life had researched a way to break through the necromancer's place of death..
Although it was difficult to even get close to the place of death, he could not use the research results properly, but thanks to that, Lee Hyun-wook knew how to attack it..
Sigh—
Lee Hyun-wook hit the guy's neck with a regular moglai, not a holy sword, and then wrapped metal around the guy's skull as it rose into the air..
And when I stabbed the rest of the body with the holy sword, it vanished..
"Ugh—what are you going to do with just my head??”
"Now it's not the head, it's the key.”
"what is that now……."
Hung—
Lee Hyun-wook jumped from the Flower of Death, and at the same time, the Moglei equipped with the holy sword struck down and split the bizarre flying object in half..
chin—
After landing on the ground, Hyunwook Lee looked up at the sky..
scoop up and stand— —
The 'Flower of Death', which would later be called Laputa of Death and become the worst nuisance, was disappearing into ashes..
Chic—
“Ah, this is Lee Hyun-wook. Now bring me my soldiers.”
A few dozen seconds after his words fell, the sky was filled with a roar..
Doo doo doo doo— —
4Several ROK AMT large transport helicopters appeared beyond the giant fort and dropped something one after another as they passed overhead..
They landed slowly on the ground, hanging on parachutes..
Thong— Thong— Thong— Thong—
It was none other than Living Armor..
There were 55 units in total..
When Lee Hyun-wook gave them mana, master authority was secured and the mana circuit on the armor surface lit up..
Then, a slowly moving square object was captured in the distant sky..
It was an orbital drop device called 'Warbox', and something was falling from it..
Whoa whoa——
There were 10 metal boxes in total, about 5m in size, and they were reverse-propulsed right before hitting the ground to slow them down..
Empty! Empty! Empty! Tongue!
They hit the ground and split in four directions, each containing a weapon..
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap—
And the Living Armorers moved in perfect order, took out their weapons, and were fully armed..
And Lee Hyun-wook also stretched out his hand towards that place.—
yes—
A black circular object flew by..
Clap—
When it was opened, it contained a lot of ‘Iron Golem Cores’. However, it was a little different in some places; there was something like a tooth stuck in the center..
[Item information]
- Name: Dragon Soldier Iron Golem's Core (Artisan)
- Effect: When infusing mana, it attracts surrounding metal and becomes a 'golem'.
Yes.
This was the dragon infantry that Kang Hui-seol said he would make..
It was literally a soldier made from dragon's teeth, but it was slightly upgraded and combined with the iron golem's core..
‘There are 12 in total..’
As Lee Hyun-wook infused mana into it, the weapon box that fell from the warbox—absorbed adamant and took shape..
Blah blah blah——
An iron golem with a slim body measuring approximately 2.8 meters and a reptilian head was sculpted..
purr—
“These are all……."
Juan Alvarez, who was watching the scene together, clicked his teeth as if he was surprised..
"Your master is not the only one who knows how to use an army..”
Before we knew it, Lee Hyun-wook's family members had lined up over the place where death came..
Although their numbers were small compared to the undead army, their quality was quite excellent..
Before we knew it, the destination of death was slowly disappearing. Now I had to move before it was too late.
“Now it's your turn to open the way.”
"Do you think I would do something like that? Just destroy me—it will be quick.!”
"No, you just need to keep your mouth shut..”
Lee Hyun-wook stuck Juan Alvarez's head in the red-colored area among the death spots..
deeply—
“Ugh—what are you doing! Oh, no way……."
The guy let out a confused voice, as if he really didn't know it would turn out like this..
Whoa whoa——
But it's already too late.
The black mud stirred, and black hands came out of it in droves..
It may seem repulsive at first glance, but if you jump into it, you can cross to the other side..
“……Just for this moment, I have prepared an army..”
When Lee Hyun-wook raised his left hand, a corps of steel armed with sanctity jumped into the enemy camp..
The station invasion has begun.
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