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The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 187

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Lee Hyun-wook threw himself into the realm of death..

Wooooow——

Black hands pulled his body into the deep swamp..

For the first few seconds, I felt suffocated, as if I was suffocating, and then I saw a light in the distance, and as the light expanded, it engulfed Lee Hyun-wook's body..

yes—

At that moment, I felt gravity take effect and my body fall to the floor..

He instinctively strengthened his body and landed lightly on the ground..

chin—

“uh? What, what?!”

The first thing I heard was a woman's embarrassed voice..

Lee Hyun-wook raised his head and looked straight ahead..

A long window was visible, and beyond it stood several people wearing white protective clothing..

"—Hey, look over there! That guy came!”

"Damn, you really went over it!”

They found Lee Hyeon-wook and moved urgently, showing signs of embarrassment. Beyond that, I glimpsed a huge room with all kinds of equipment, but it looked more like a research facility than a temple of death..

However, the system message that appeared in front of Lee Hyun-wook proved that he had not taken the wrong path..

- caution! You have entered.

"Before we go any further, tell us to close the death trap.!”

"Well, it just takes a little more time! 'Alpha Mind' is still carrying out previous orders!”

"Why is there such a delay??”

"Wow, I feel like I'm overloaded—”

Such conversations emanated from speakers on the ceiling, but soon turned off and were not audible..

‘But here…….'

The place where Lee Hyun-wook was standing was a huge compartment... … What can I say, it felt like a place in a movie where test subjects were locked up and secret experiments were conducted..

‘There are researchers watching behind that long window.…….'

And it was full of all kinds of bones..

It's alive and moving too…….

Take a look—

The bone of a huge crocodile opened its mouth and rushed towards Lee Hyun-wook..

- Great Alligator Skeleton (LV：81)

He held the skull of a great lich in his right hand and swung his Mowglai with his left, sweeping away the skeletons surrounding him..

Although they were all fairly high-ranking undead, they were easily crushed like a sand castle the moment they touched the moglai with the holy sword effect..

‘They probably summoned undead here and sent them out whenever necessary.’

The death pit, which was the entrance, was spread evenly across the ceiling, walls, and floor. A lot of black hands were sprouting from there, wriggling like sea anemones..

Soon, from there, living armors began to pop out one by one, like paratroopers..

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap—

‘I need to get out of this compartment..’

In this space, weapons could have been installed to control the test subjects..

Lee Hyun-wook immediately fired his mogul towards the long window in front..

Zeng— With a sound, the window and wall flew away, creating a large hole..

"I don't know what I'm doing here either... … I'll destroy everything.”

Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap—

At his command, the steel corps advanced and squeezed through the hole in the wall..

stop them!”

"Wow! Hey, when are the guards coming?!”

They seemed to be responding, but Living Armor and the Iron Golem were not something that could be easily stopped..

Boom—boom—

After several explosions and gunshots, only screaming continued..

When Lee Hyun-wook went up to the laboratory, dozens of corpses were already scattered everywhere, and the rest were scattered in all directions, opening one door and escaping..

The mercenary soldiers chased after them with the agility of hunting dogs, and screams rang out again..

"Wow—!”

"Please save me! Ugh—”

- Player (LV：31)

- Player (LV：45)

Even as Lee Hyun-wook watched the scene, he could hardly erase his doubts..

Even so, I didn't relax because I knew he would be greeted by a sizable army of undead... … Aren't we all just weak players??

'……What on earth are you doing here??’

Huh—huh—

A fairly large space filled with machine noise… … Even at first glance, I could see that it was a high-level research facility, but it was filled with large, unidentifiable experimental equipment..

And on one side, a tank filled with green liquid was visible. There were all kinds of skeletons inside, and screens displaying their status were blinking busily..

‘One thing is for sure, this is a place to study the undead..’

And on one side, there was a facility that could be called a 'control center'..

Dozens of monitors filling one wall... … The majority of the screen was showing the Giant Sanchae of Mt. Othrys, where Lee Hyun-wook had just been..

‘Ah, he was here watching and giving orders.?’

Just by looking at it, I could tell what kind of concept the place was..

Then where on earth is the necromancer?…….

"—ah?”

Among the numerous monitors, one particularly stood out..

[CAM 001]

Camera number 1 on the far left, it was showing a child in a fish tank..

I think he was around mid-teens? He was a white boy with a short build and a shaved head..

The guy was floating in an unknown solution and had electrodes attached to his entire body..

And wires were inserted into the head and spine... … It was never normal.

And Lee Hyun-wook felt a strange sense of alienation and rejection towards that guy..

The reason is that… … This is because black energy was flowing out from the child’s body..

'That… … It is the power of death..’

This could be known because Lee Hyun-wook was designated as the 'Great Warrior of Light' by Emilia Müller and came to have the senses of a kind of paladin..

‘Where is that screen??’

Lee Hyun-wook looked around, and soon found another 'compartment'. There was a large sphere-shaped device installed there..

‘This is adamant material.’

Although the inside was not visible, 'Alpha Mind' was engraved on the surface, and CAM001 was written in small letters underneath it..

Also, the very vagina felt the smell of death..

Lee Hyun-wook was convinced of this..

'As expected, the kid in here... … He's a necromancer..’

……It couldn't be anything other than a shocking identity..

In fact, Lee Hyun-wook had never seen the necromancer's face properly..

It was about 5 years since this time that I first encountered him, and back then he always wore a skull-shaped mask, revealing only his lower body..

'So I couldn't even read facial expressions, let alone age or gender..’

The only time such a guy really showed his emotions was when Choi Jeong-cheol reduced the Legion of Death to ashes in a semi-Armageddon, and that was the first and last time I saw him show his teeth in displeasure..

Anyway, it was such a mysterious being that people doubted whether it was actually human, let alone what it looked like.…….

Given the circumstances, it seemed that this teenage kid was the necromancer, a cruel and absolute being..

‘Ha, this is ridiculous.…….'

That terrifying being was just drifting around inside the capsule and seemed unconscious..

'And when I heard the researchers talking a little while ago, it seemed like they were giving orders to the alpha mind.…….'

Does that mean the necromancer is not moving of his own will??

Hyun-Wook Lee lifted the skull of the upper-level Lich he was holding in his right hand toward camera number 1..

"Is it your master who is in here??”

Then he clicked his chin and opened his mouth..

“Exactly—he always sleeps. If you try to harm my master……."

"What are you going to do? All you have left is a pain in the ass..”

“Crack! I will definitely tear you apart……."

There seemed to be no more productive conversation..

Quack—

Lee Hyun-wook ripped out the guy’s lower jaw..

Seeing him praising himself as his master even though he was so helpless, like a lab rat, it seemed like he would instinctively praise his master when he was revived by the power of a necromancer..

"under......."

Lee Hyun-wook smiled..

This situation right now was so absurd..

"If this happens... … Didn't the Necromancer actually decide on his own to become a villain?……."

Then why did it become like that??

Naturally, the main culprit in creating this worst weapon in history was Gordon Price..

‘He can trick, trick, brainwash, and coerce young S-rank players..’

The guy was deceiving himself as an ‘analyst type’ player. That's not entirely false, because I was able to read the information contained in the object..

‘But that was only part of it.’

Later, after finding out that he was a villain, the Guardian gathered various information and found out that his real ability was 'telepathy'..

Among them, it is said to have the fraudulent ability of ‘mental manipulation’ or ‘mind control’.…….

‘So he brainwashed quite a few players into following him..’

Of course, his mental manipulation did not work easily on high-level players, so the Guardian must have tricked him through sheer deception..

‘Anyway, in the end… … Was the necromancer also raised as a biological weapon by being under that guy from a young age?…….'

Later, I saw several scenes of the necromancer himself entering the battlefield, so I couldn't see him as a complete victim, but in the current context, the kid seemed to be nothing more than a puppet..

‘still… … There is no change in the fact that they are entities that must be dealt with in order to keep villains in check..’

Tongue—

Lee Hyun-wook pulled out the sphere capsule containing the Necromancer with a single wave of his hand..

Then, they threw him behind his back and tied him up with chains..

‘First, we have to get out of here..’

Wham—wham—

At that time, the ceiling turned red and a siren sounded..

- 30 seconds before emergency incineration— 30 seconds before emergency incineration— All employees are requested to evacuate immediately. yet again…….

Emergency incineration is a word that sounds like something like a building self-destructing at first glance, isn't it??

It seemed like they thought it was impossible to save the necromancer and wanted to blow up the whole place..

But I couldn't help but be a little surprised that he gave up so easily..

Anyway, the necromancer is probably their last weapon.…….

'……No, he won't just give up, he must have an ulterior motive. Anyway, now we need to escape quickly..’

Lee Hyun-wook threw the capsule containing the necromancer into the death trap that was so narrow that it looked like it was about to close, and he re-entered the place..

Wooooow——

So, the moment I returned to the giant fortress—

Pu—huh——!

An explosion occurred above his head..

"Pfft!"

Lee Hyun-wook was swept away by thick flames, flew dozens of meters, and ended up in the mud..

beep---

Even though I was wearing a rigid body all over my body, it must have been quite a high-level magic, so my head started spinning and I heard tinnitus..

- ……Boss— come on— blood— damn it.—

Someone's voice was heard in Lee Hyun-wook's Mana Messenger..

I couldn't tell if it was because the Mana Messenger was broken or if there was a problem with Lee Hyun-wook's hearing..

After exhaling, he got up from the floor, sensing that there were beings rushing towards him..

Then, he instinctively created metal in his right hand, shaped it sharply, and flew it towards the being that was about to attack him..

Kang!

The guy made a weird noise and rolled over..

But that wasn't all.

‘Shit, it was everywhere..’

In a situation where my mind had not yet fully recovered, I could feel that everything was filled with murderous intent..

purr—

First, my sense of smell came back, and I could see that the whole place was full of delicious-smelling animals..

He took a slow breath and exercised his metal control, trying to find Mowglai somewhere away..

However, as if surrounded by a hazy fog, the metal control did not work as well as it should..

‘Damn it, you need to come to your senses..’

At that time, Lee Hyun-wook’s body was surrounded by the wind..

And a woman got down in front of him..

"What are these again? Ha—are you okay? It was really dangerous now, right??”

That was Kim Se-hee.

As she surrounded the surroundings with blade-like winds, even unidentified beasts could not approach..

"after......."

Lee Hyun-wook felt his vision return to some extent and rolled his eyes as he turned his head here and there to find the capsule containing the Necromancer..

‘I'll take it from there..’

Sure enough, it was being dragged by furry bipedal beasts..

- Bloodlord's Werewolf (LV)：81)

‘As expected, Ricardo Oliveira, here he comes..’

Lee Hyun-wook stretched out his hand and sharply modified the chain surrounding the capsule..

Then he wrapped the animals around their necks and lifted them into the sky..

Kang—Kang—

I don't know where those terrible beasts came from, but they were all over the sky and the earth. There seemed to be hundreds of them..

If he did this to avoid the eyes of Lee Hyun-wook's associates who would be surrounding the area, they were probably ambushing him nearby..

'This was the plan to get the necromancer to take it obediently.?’

The plan was to precisely target the timing of Lee Hyun-wook's return, launch such a powerful magic attack, and then release a bunch of werewolves to kill them..

‘Yes, the surprise attack just now was a bit risky... … Yes, at least.’

But now, villains are no match for Lee Hyun-wook..

‘I have surpassed even the villains who conquered the world in my past life..’

Reversion, second life had the same effect as cheats in this game..

The countless journeys he has mastered have made him an overwhelming force..

‘In other words, it has reached a level where we can never lose..’

Now, no matter how many villains rush at me, I am confident that I will never be defeated in a head-on confrontation..

Lee Hyun-wook moved the Holy Sword effect to ‘Pale Note’.

He closed his eyes and scanned the area with his normal senses again..

And I drew just one line in my head. A long line that runs around here... … Using that as a rail, Pale Note took off.—

Pew—pew—pew—pew——

In just a few seconds, he pierced the temples of the werewolves who were growling around him in a single line..

Since they were also a type of undead, a single blow would cause their bodies to shatter into ash and fly away..

"You, you, this fucking baby, this makes sense now? What kind of scam are you running??”

Lee Hyun-wook opened his eyes and turned his head in the direction from which the voice came..

A large Hispanic man was glaring at Lee Hyun-wook with his long fingernails hanging down..

- Player (LV：104)

That guy was the Blood Lord - Ricardo Oliveira, a villain who had clashed countless times in the past..

But at that moment—

- (!) Main quest has been updated.

- congratulations! You have reached the second branch of the main quest.

- caution! A past life’s ills—a second dimension shifter is about to appear. kill him!

The unidentified main quest, which had been somewhat stagnant until now, had progressed..

[main quest]

- Second chance at life, duty, destiny…….

1) Track down the 'Black Gate' that is open somewhere in the world..

2) Past Life—Defeat the 'Dimension Shifters' who will come from the first world.. (1/3)

3) Encounter ‘■■■’ who knows the truth of this world..

‘Yes, the Blood Lord is the last one standing. And since he was the one where I died, I thought he would appear as a dimension shifter..’

At this, Ricardo Oliveira looked somewhat uncomfortable and took a step back..

"uh……."

Then he started shaking, clutching his stomach and wincing..

"Wook—Wook—”

Lee Hyun-wook knew the situation that would unfold in the future..

'Now he's spitting out something, and a dimension shifter appears inside it..’

Lee Hyun-wook pulled Moglei and walked towards him..

Then the guy hid his anger and held out his palm in embarrassment..

"Now, wait a minute… … cow, inside……."

There is a common saying that attacking while transformed is against the law..

But it was stupid not to attack him when he spewed out the dimension shifter..

Lee Hyeon-wook kicked the floor and lifted Moglei, and the guy staggered back, disgusted..

I tried to suppress the abnormality somehow and move my body, but it didn't seem to be easy..

"Fuck, now, wait a minute— oops.—"

At that moment, the guy's mouth opened and something went down his throat..

"Wow——"

Okay——

Lee Hyun-wook aimed for that moment and swung his mogley, and the tip of the sword slit his throat..

As its head detached and spun in the air, a black bead flew out of its mouth, rising into the air and causing an explosion..

T-huh——!

At that point, a black shimmer appeared..

Lee Hyun-wook thought as he saw the strange sight..

'black kate......."

A man with red skin and yellow eyes squeezed out of this strange phenomenon and jumped towards the ground..

He whistled and looked around..

"Oh—I didn't know I'd be second, but yeah, let's see... … Where is here?”

He looked around and saw a body lying on the ground right in front of him..

his eyebrows twitched.

"this… … Fuck, it's me?”

He looked blank for a moment, then tapped the corpse away..

"But where did your head go? No shit, I should have killed him, but fucked up… … But who on earth could kill me at this time? Still, isn't it time for regenerative power to reach its peak??”

He looked around, muttering to himself, and made eye contact with a man, Lee Hyun-wook..

"huh? you… … Steel Emperor, why are you here??”

Lee Hyun-wook looked him up and down while hearing his former nickname..

however…….

- Semi-transcendent (LV)：143)

‘huh?’

Isn’t that guy’s classification not ‘player’ but ‘semi-transcendent’??

This was something I couldn't know because when I met William Bernard, the first dimensional shifter, I couldn't see the player's information yet..

'……As expected, transcendence is an important keyword..’

Hyunwook Lee remembered what he said about dimension shifters going on a ‘transcendence quest’..

I still can't figure out what that means..

At that time, the guy came.

"Hey, why are you here now? Could it be that I crash-landed in another dimension... … Hey, it's not……."

Like the first dimension shifter, William Bernard, he seemed to have no idea how this world worked..

So, just because he came from 8 years in the future, he thought that there was no rival for him in that dimension..

“……But could it be that you killed me??”

He looked at the large sword held by Lee Hyun-wook, Mogley..

And only then did I feel the overwhelming divine power emanating from it..

“—Seo, Holy Sword?”

He slowly backed away without realizing it..

And then he raised his head.

All kinds of metal weapons were floating in the sky..

And there were huge castle walls surrounding the surrounding area, with numerous players lined up on top of them..

Among them were a saint and even the manager of the World Tree..

"Ah, I guess I came to the wrong place... … It can't be like this at this time........"