The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 200
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「Lee, Mr… … It's been a while since I called you out and the only thing you ask me to do is dig up the land.?」
Maru, a round sphere floating in front of Lee Hyun-wook's head, was complaining and emitting mana..
And from above, piles of dirt were flowing down with a loud sound. If you look closely, you can see that the entire ceiling is creating a convection current like water..
"That's what you do best?”
「what? Are you saying that digging is my specialty? Are you ignoring me now??」
"no… … Doesn't that mean you have a victim mentality? You should be proud of your abilities. You're not just digging, you're moving mountains..”
Lee Hyun-wook responded to Maru's complaints and took several items, including the 'Yeoui-bong', from Jang Jun-geol's body, which was split in half..
'Yeoui-bong, I never thought this would come rolling in on me.?’
「……Okay, that's true, but can't we just stop putting them in sub-space? Do you know how frustrating it is to be in there? I hate being trapped..」
"I'm sorry about that, but I only ask for it in times like these. Who better to help with this operation than you??”
That thing was an intelligent spirit, but it was also an item, so it was ideal to store it in subspace and then take it out and use it..
larynx larynx—
At that time, a passage of about thirty meters was opened overhead, and several voices began to flow in along with the sunlight..
Lee Hyun-wook grinned..
"Look, you're the best in this field, right? If it weren't for you, it would have taken hours to escape..”
Lee Hyun-wook continued to console and comfort Maru. He was once a guy with a history of going out of his way and had strong trauma towards people, so he needed to get his mentality in order..
‘This guy will be a great help until the end, but he has a contract with me, not my family.…….'
And it was working to some extent..
「Well, well, I'm kind of like that..」
Lee Hyun-wook floated his body and escaped through the passage..
Then, the mountainous area that was devastated spread out..
A single drop of Mowray caused mountain peaks to collapse, landslides to occur, and the terrain in the area to be greatly distorted..
The mountain path he had walked down was covered with rubble and hundreds of trees had been uprooted and scattered all over the place..
This was the power of a 100 ton mass weapon..
'If it's like this... … If you use the Holy Sword on Mowglai and then shoot it with a Gauss Gun, you might hit the Flower of Death with one hit..’
Of course, they were going to try to prepare for that too..
When Lee Hyun-wook lifted his body into the air and climbed over several piles of stones, he saw the members of the Hope Guild settled in a relatively wide area. They were in the process of subduing and arresting the guild members..
And there were several airships floating overhead, and a significant amount of mana was spreading out from the pillar-like objects protruding from the top of them and spreading throughout the area..
Wooooow——
It was a wide-area mirage magic and silence magic that would conceal the area..
In other words, the outside world would not have been aware of the commotion taking place here..
Lee Hyun-wook asked Maru to pick out the ‘mana reflux stone’ from the underground tunnel and then put aside his complaints and approached Kim Se-hee..
"Ah, you're finally here.!”
Meanwhile, Alain Gidam was kneeling in front of her, his hands and feet bound and his mouth gagged..
As Lee Hyun-wook approached, Kim Se-hee removed the gag from his mouth, and at that moment, the man screamed with a very excited expression..
“—Holy shit! Oh, you're mistaken! Hey, hey, Steele… … I really have no idea about this situation! I know I'm responsible for this happening, but... … I was fooled too! I didn't even know they would do something like this.!”
"Think about it, how much have I invested in you so far? But would I do something like this? So, let’s talk with me step by step. Then all misunderstandings will be resolved..”
The guy was complaining with all his might, but Lee Hyun-wook caught the guy's eyes moving slightly and looking around..
Such a reaction was bound to occur when looking for a way to escape or waiting for someone to save the person..
"hmm......."
Lee Hyun-wook thought it was most likely the latter..
“……There's someone else around here?”
Alain Giam's eyes wavered at Lee Hyun-wook's question..
“Uh, yeah? what is that……."
Lee Hyun-wook immediately brought up ‘Hugin’ and ‘Munin’..
- <The “One-Eyed King’s Insight” set (2/2) is activated.!
* While Hugin and Munin are in effect, all senses are heightened by up to 80 times. In addition, you can 'see through' a certain density and volume, and if you sense strong mana, you can recognize the form of that entity..
It didn't take a few seconds.
“……found.”
Hyunwook Lee found a player using the stealth spell in the forest far away, between the trees and under the fallen leaves..
- Player (LV：63)
* villain
And then he slowly lifted the female baton he was holding in his hand..
[Item information]
- Name: Yeouigogeumbong (legendary))
- effect
1) Expansion: When infusing mana, the size of the Yeouibong changes by 1cm per mana..
2) Fighting Victory: Immediately after the start of battle, all abilities increase by 10% and barrier value increases by 5% every 5 minutes..
‘This is a weapon that suits me very well..’
Because it is made of metal in the first place, it can be easily controlled, and at the same time, Yeouibong's unique size change is affected by the amount of mana, but Lee Hyun-wook has an overwhelming amount of mana.—
‘—You can increase or decrease the size of Yeouibong more freely than anyone else..’
When Lee Hyun-wook infused mana into it, its length and volume instantly increased and it traveled through space, creating a gust of wind..
Hung——!
“omg!”
Kim Se-hee, who was standing right next to him, was also so surprised that he even took a step back..
“……Wow, I thought the KTX passed by..”
bang——!
It stretched for several hundred meters, crossed the valley, and crashed into the ridge on the other side. With that blow, five or six old trees were crushed like trampled weeds..
Then, Lee Hyun-wook moved his hand.—
Ku—gu—gu—gu—gu——!
A long scar was drawn on such a huge mountain. It was like drawing lines on green drawing paper with a large brush..
“Oh my god……."
It was an overwhelming power that had a different meaning from that of Mogley..
If Moglei applied explosive force to a single point, Yeouibong crushed a larger area..
"Wow—it’s like shaving a mountain..”
It was a scene that felt quite appropriate for Kim Se-hee's expression..
"Okay, gotcha..”
Lee Hyun-wook launched himself and went over to Yeouibong. Then he slightly lifted the robe and saw a human figure lying face down among the crushed trees..
"Pfft—"
It was a man wearing a strange purple mask..
As expected, Lee Hyun-wook recognized who he was..
'……It's Viktor Gagarin.?’
Like Gordon Price, he was a mind manipulation player using 'telepathy' and 'mind control', and was one of Gordon Price's main associates..
‘I think he was sent to the surveillance station here, but if this guy shows up on the scene in person... … Looks like the villains are in trouble too.?’
Since the damage caused by Lee Hyun-wook was so great, it was unlikely that any of the characters would remain..
Lee Hyun-wook stretched out his hand towards the guy..
But he also stretched out his hand towards Lee Hyun-wook.…….
yes——
At that moment, a shimmering motion obscured my eyes, and I felt a strange headache and nausea. And isn’t the image of Viktor Gagarin disappearing before your eyes??
'……Damn, I'm hallucinating.’
Lee Hyun-wook realized that he was suffering from a condition. And unlike normal debuff skills, there was no warning system message..
Since it was literally a mind manipulation skill, it was meant to prevent the opponent from recognizing it..
However, even if Lee Hyun-wook's eyes could be deceived, he could not deceive Hugin and Munin in the sky..
Lee Hyun-wook quickly transferred his senses to the two magic engineering crows and mobilized all his senses other than sight.…….
sak— sak—
Soon, I detected the slightest sign of presence and determined its location..
At that moment, a pale note was fired from Lee Hyun-wook's waist.—
Pfung—
It went straight through his thigh..
"Pfft!"
The guy lost his balance, rolled on the floor, and eventually fell down..
Metal was created in Lee Hyun-wook's grasp, turned into barbed wire, and began to wrap around the air..
Lee Hyun-wook lifted the guy up and dragged him forward..
“Oh my, my, shit… … I never thought Hugin and Munin would be like this.……."
Lee Hyun-wook approached the guy and took out a glass bottle. And then he poured it right on the guy's head..
Cheeeeee—
This is holy water that the saintess gave a purification skill to, and it had the effect of dispelling latent spells..
- (!) The ‘potential magic’ on you will be purified..
“You can't die freely anymore.”
"So, if you want to make the last memories of your life a little smoother, it would be best to cooperate as much as possible..”
***
Above the clouds, Pridwen and airships are floating..
And Friedwen…….
“uh! I found it.”
Kim Se-hee shouted that while searching the bodies of the two villains..
And I held out something to Lee Hyun-wook..
"It was with that shady guy wearing a mask..”
It was a mana messenger.
Kim Se-hee came to the side and asked in a low voice..
“But you say you can find the location of the Demon King’s Castle with this? To me, it just looks like a mana messenger.."
"Yes, it's just Mana Messenger..”
“……ah?"
"However, since it is just a mana messenger, there is a loophole and you can take advantage of it..”
"hmm… … Isn’t Mana Messenger the best secure communication channel??”
She still had a questioning look.
“You know that this Mana Messenger is also a hextech item.?”
“Yeah, I know that much..”
The 'Mana Messenger', which is commonly used around the world today, was not an item that could be farmed from monsters, but a magic engineering item developed by humans. And it caused a huge sensation when it first came out..
Until then, whenever mana scattering occurred due to a gate, all electronic equipment was paralyzed, causing a major disruption in communication..
"Well, now that we have the highest level of hextech, we can hack the Mana Messenger... … Location tracking will be possible.”
Hyunwook Lee said that and took out a rather large box..
Inside, there was a complicated square machine connected, and in the center of the machine were several mana stones that appeared to be used as batteries..
Hyunwook Lee connected Mana Messenger to it..
Clap—
‘I was concerned that something like this might be useful someday, so I suggested a direction to develop it a while ago, and they did it right..’
Lee Hyun-wook knew the history of magic engineering to some extent, so he presented blueprints to blacksmiths and encouraged technological development..
"Ah, so… … It's similar to the principle of tracking a phone's location.?”
Lee Hyun-wook nodded and sent mana communication to someone using his mana messenger. The other person was Kang Jeong-du, the head of the research institute that developed this item..
After explaining the current situation to him, I requested mana tracking..
- Yes, you can track it right now, but it will take about 30 seconds, so please stay connected..
After extracting the mana pattern of another mana messenger that has been connected to this mana messenger at least once, an automatic connection is attempted there..
Then, like a radio wave, the mana moves forward in waves, and dozens of magic satellites placed in orbit detect the flow and specify its coordinates..
After a while, the results came out.
- The Mana Messengers who have transmitted and received information from the Mana Messenger are spread out in three places: Egypt, Pyongyang, and Northern California..
"Yes, thank you for your work..”
Lee Hyun-wook immediately connected mana communication to team leader Lee Kyo-jun..
"Team Leader Lee, please drop the ‘mana measurement device’ at the three locations I’m calling you. And please detect the ‘power of death’.”
Lee Hyun-wook called out the three locations, and team leader Lee Gyo-jun immediately controlled the mana satellites and dropped a ‘mana measurement device’ on those three locations..
About an hour passed and the results arrived..
- ……The power of death was detected in the divine power filter of the mana measurement device in two places: Northern California and Pyongyang, North Korea..
I don't know why the power of death was detected in two areas at the same time, but it was highly likely that the place with the strongest power of death was in northern California, where the necromancer, or the devil's castle, was located..
And as far as Lee Hyeon-wook knew, it was known that there was a huge underground cave of the Ancient Drake race in the mountainous terrain of northern California..
‘They may be building a demon castle there to defend against my low-orbit Mogley drop..’
But there was one question.
Why, the power of death was detected even in Pyongyang??
'They're doing something close to me..’
Hyunwook Lee asked team leader Gyojun Lee to explore those two areas as much as possible..
Anyway, with this, we were able to pinpoint the location of the Demon King Castle..
“……Did you find out the location of the Demon King Castle with that??”
The person who said that was Viktor Gagarin. The guy was completely tied up, looking at Lee Hyun-wook and grinning..
Suddenly!
Lee Hyun-wook threw an iron ball and hit it in the guy's mouth, causing three or four teeth to fall out..
“Ugh!”
“If you were to see me laughing so recklessly in front of me, did you think that just because I had the privilege of being a hero, I would be as benevolent as the hero in the story??”
"Pfft… … No, it's more unsportsmanlike than I thought.?”
"If you open your mouth one more time... … Instead of breaking the remaining teeth like now, I will insert an iron core into them and turn them out little by little..”
Then Alain Gidam, who was standing next to him, looked at her, closed his mouth, and slightly lowered his head..
However, even though Viktor Gagarin was bleeding from his mouth, he did not think about closing his mouth..
"I heard where the devil came from.”
“So I was wondering, are you from there too??”
“Ugh—does that seem to be somewhat true in my opinion? Otherwise, would it be possible to accomplish such an overwhelming task? And especially this magic engineering… … How on earth can such overtechnology be achieved??”
Lee Hyun-wook approached the guy, creating a wire in one hand. But the guy seemed to be excited and talked even louder..
"However, no matter how good you are, it seems like your fundamental starting point is different from that demon lord... … You will never be able to hit the Demon King's Castle. In the end, the Demon King's castle will be completed and the Demon King's legions will increase endlessly! You will eventually lose!”
As Lee Hyun-wook's hand moved his fingers, the wires moved like snakes, forcing the guy's mouth open and digging into his teeth..
“big-big-big—”
Plop—plop.—
And when the fourth tooth was extracted, Lee Hyun-wook's mana messenger rang..
- Chic— This is team leader Kyojun Lee..
"Yes, say it.”
- Chik— As you said, as a result of a detailed inspection of the North Korean region where a lot of the power of death was detected... … We observed an unfavorable phenomenon in Pyongyang..
"what is that?”
- this… … I think you should see it for yourself, so I'll send you a video now..
Soon, a video arrived on Lee Hyun-wook’s smartphone..
It was a video that seemed to have been filmed from the perspective of 'Fly Eye', and it seemed to have been dropped along with the detector in North Korea..
It raced through the half-ruined city center and entered a building. and…….
Gulp—gulp.—
Something dark and red was sprouting underground there..
Soon FlyEye activated ‘Night Vision’ and…….
Ughhh——
It was a tangled mess of people... … The torn and melted skin and internal organs were all tangled up in a lump..
And on their skin were branded strange shapes, and magic circles that seemed to have been drawn with their blood were spread out on the walls and floor..
- This is the result of a search inside a building in Pyongyang where the force of death is radiating intensely, but I have no idea what it is..
But Lee Hyun-wook knew what it was and automatically frowned..
'……It's the work of devil worshipers. They begged the devil.’
For the anarchists who are scattered all over the world and who are not in their right minds, there is no leader more attractive than the devil.…….
At that time, Viktor Gagarin spat out his teeth and started talking again..
"Tsk! You won't even be able to approach the Demon King's Castle in the first place. There is everything in this land that you need to protect, right? is not it?”
Lee Hyun-wook stretched out his hand and grabbed Viktor Gagarin by the neck and lifted him up..
“……They turned North Korea into a ‘death hive’.?”
"Hehe, you really know everything, right? Ugh—then you know that a wave of death will soon come upon your world, right? The devil worshipers were very condescending, asking if they knew how many sacrifices were made to prepare it.……."
North Korea, a land virtually abandoned after the world turned into a game.
Some players became warlords and ruled the society, but since the administrative power was at a low level in the first place, the territory was overrun by monsters..
And any sane player would have tried to escape rather than endure in such a place, and North Korea had completely turned into a wasteland..
However, there were people who came to such a land, and they were devil worshipers..
This was because the entire world had come forward to hunt down the people who harbored that dark conspiracy..
Lee Hyun-wook also maintained that fact, but…….
‘This time, I received an invitation from the Devil King and joined his side..’
Even Lee Hyun-wook could not have predicted up to that point..
The terrible spell called Death Hive is a gate that binds people together and continues to summon zombies and ghouls until it is destroyed..
And those things are probably in Pyongyang... … No, they are probably installed all over North Korea.…….
'......Soon the undead army will move south. Even though it's constantly day and night..’
There was only one way to stop it: find and destroy the death hive..
“……Steelein, more death hives have been completed than you can imagine. To stop it, you'll have to mobilize quite a few troops and even a saint, and you'll have to use some of your own strength. Hehehe— can you leave??"
Lee Hyun-wook put a gag on the guy's mouth and clicked his tongue as if he felt sorry..
“……After all that happened to me, you still judge me however you want.?”
“what?”
***
After a while, the door to one of Laputa's hangars opened..
thud!
A handful of lights came on to create a path for the place where the lights were turned off, and a woman hurried in along the path with a Mana Messenger to her ear..
“—Yes, of course. It was already finished.!”
She was Kang Hee-seol, and she started operating some equipment with a very excited expression..
Then, a mechanical sound began to fill the hangar..
"Ugh—you don’t have to worry because it’s my masterpiece and a monster that represents Laputa..”
She spoke confidently and placed her hand on a huge lever..
"Do you know how many weapons this bastard has on his body? It's amazing. It has 20,000 bullets quenched with holy water, 44 holy missiles made from branches of the World Tree, and is equipped with 4 holy light ray generators. And in the throat… … Ah, okay. Just organize everything and send it to me via text message.?”
her hand pulled the lever.
Clap—
Ki-i-i-ing——
Immediately afterwards, with the sound of chains being dragged, a huge shadow rose up behind her..
Thump 1
And then white lights lit up one after another all over its body... … At the end, two white eye lights began to push away the darkness..
thud—
It was a modified mechanical dragon..
Clap 1 Clap 1
Unidentified mechanical devices were attached to various parts of its gigantic body, and they began to move noisily as they received mana from the Dragon Heart..
It was clear at first glance that they were all weapons..
“……Oh, the pilot.?”
At that time, a shadow appeared behind Kang Hui-seol..
Clutter 一 Clutter 一
She turned her head and waved at someone standing at the hangar entrance..
"ah! I just arrived!”
That was none other than Seo Eun..
She entered the hangar wearing full plates and a helmet in one hand..
And then I looked at the mechanical dragon standing in the dark..
As a Dragon Knight, she could sense its 'Dragon Heart'.
and…….
- ‘The ‘Dragon Riding’ skill is activated. (The dragon in question has the 'holy power' attribute due to your influence..)
The sacred bomber prepared by Lee Hyeon-wook was about to take off for the first time..
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