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The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 38

38. rain falling on the waves - 5

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Major Moon Tae-ho came to his senses, wiped the blood from his face and looked around the mop-covered hallway..

“What is this?······.”

I thought I was dreaming.

From the command and control center to the long hallway leading to the battalion armory in the distance.······.

Hundreds, if not more than a thousand, of various weapons were strewn in all directions..

I don't think the actual medieval battlefield would have looked like this either..

“What is this... was it a bombing or something??”

“I couldn't help it.”

Hyunwook Lee answered.

“No, I'm not saying anything, but that thing... is definitely dead.?”

At the end of the hallway, the ‘ghost’ who had blown him away was literally crushed..

At first, it just looked like there were dozens of spears sticking out of something big..

“Yes that's right.”

Yeah, I definitely killed it..

There were even silver iron stakes embedded in both eyes and near the heart. It was a terrible sight that was difficult to see with open eyes, but there was nothing I could do because if I didn't do something like that, I might come back to life..

“under······.”

Moon Tae-ho rubbed his face with only his right hand..

I had no feeling below my left shoulder..

“Fuck, no shame. But even though I am a major, I got hit and fainted.······.”

“no. don't mind.”

Moon Tae-ho looked at Lee Hyun-wook and smiled..

“This guy is amazing, amazing, even though there was a fuss around me, I was perplexed, but he is amazing..”

When the battalion commander, Lee Hyun-wook, came to see me right after this four month period, I was honestly a little upset..

No matter how ridiculous this guy's recent achievements were, I wondered if it would make sense for him, a major-ranking duty commander, to call in a single soldier while the entire unit was about to disappear..

But now, it occurred to me that the battalion commander had a good sense of perspective..

“To be honest, I have no talent for using magic myself, so from the beginning, I only focused on area-wide magic specialties. That's why I'm wearing a major, but I'm sorry.······.”

Not all wizards are the same,

The direction is determined depending on the ‘passive’ skill you first acquire..

In the case of Taeho Moon, he specialized in ‘mana detection’ and ‘flow analysis’..

In other words, the focus was on analyzing and controlling magic rather than using magic directly..

Therefore, the role of 'wide area magic controller', a position that controls and directs the magic created by several magicians - up to hundreds of people - through their combined efforts, was perfect. There's not much to do, though..

“But, Commander, I don't think we have time to talk like this right now..”

Only then did Moon Tae-ho realize that he had been lost..

“Oh, right······.”

“Controller, can I ask you to do what you do best??”

“······huh?”

Moon Tae-ho blinked at Lee Hyun-wook’s words..

“Area magic, I'm talking about..”

“Why do you need that now??”

“We are trying to open a long-distance two-way portal to connect this place with the nearby totem..”

“······.”

“If you allow, I will recruit wizards from the 2nd Company..”

Moon Tae-ho could hardly understand what Lee Hyun-wook was saying..

“······What on earth are you trying to do??”

Lee Hyun-wook smiled..

“Shouldn't we wipe out the enemies that have infiltrated the compound??”

***

“······move forward.”

The 22-member 'Totem Search Party', excluding Lee Hyun-wook, followed Seo Eun-ha's command and entered the depths of Namsan Mountain..

In the mountains at night, the moonlight did not penetrate through the thick trees, and I could not see an inch ahead..

But I couldn't turn on the flashlight. This was because he must not be noticed by the undead..

Fortunately, I had enough 'night vision', so I was able to see through the night while wearing it..

How long has it been like that?······.

leader stop sign,

The entire search party held their breath and hid behind trees and bushes..

leader's gesture,

Everyone's eyes turned to that point..

gulp-

someone swallowed dry saliva.

Finally, the targets came into view.

that······.

That's it-

Hundreds of green lights blooming halfway up Namsan Mountain were the eye lights of the dead..

Hundreds of undead were gathered halfway up Namsan Mountain..

‘It's different from the zombie I faced a while ago..’

Ahn Min-tae had a hunch..

Those were monsters of a higher level than the ‘Inhabitants of Hell’ that appeared near the guard post..

First of all, it was much larger and green smoke was billowing from its entire body..

Perhaps both speed and strength were on a different level from the zombies he had faced before..

But that wasn't all.

‘······What on earth is that??’

Thump-thump-thump-thump-

Footsteps that shake the earth, a huge armored corps over 2m tall.,

Green smoke rose from their empty helmets..

‘That's Living Armor.’

A living, moving combat weapon that attacks everything that invades its owner's space.······.

‘I've actually seen it before, but it's much bigger..’

In the case of living armor without an owner, a wizard player could use 'control magic' to make it the owner. So, there were people who often carried it around for self-defense.······.

I have never seen such a large number..

And Ahn Min-tae didn't know it, but that wasn't just living armor..

It was not a control spell, but a living armor possessed by an evil spirit, or a haunted armor..

He was a high-grade undead who was incomparably vicious..

And the purple gate that opened there was constantly spewing out new monsters.

It was a self-evident fact that the number of undead would increase several times as time passed..

“under······.”

Watching that nightmarish scene, the search party members were horrified..

We have to go through that undead army, find that ‘totem’, and destroy it.······.

It was a very natural feeling to want to run away right away..

However, before starting the operation, one word Seo Eun-ha said sat like a stone in their minds..

“If we fail, they will go down Namsan Mountain. At least tens of thousands of people will die······.”

okay······.

The lives of tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, depended on them..

‘That's right, if you give up here, it's all over. That can't be possible..’

But just as you couldn't go back, you couldn't move forward either..

‘If you get caught here... you will die for sure..’

Because my instincts warned me so. Hide so that not a single hair of your head can be seen, otherwise you will be swept away and become part of that procession of death.······.

however······.

“······uh? Cow, platoon leader?”

It was none other than Seo Eun-ha who stood up and started walking forward..

It was strange behavior.

If you approached so openly, you would be discovered by the undead lying in the ground..

“Then I'll get caught!”

A soldier said anxiously, but she shook her head..

“are you okay. Already caught.”

“······yes?”

Then I heard laughter from somewhere..

“······As expected, the paladin with a worthy name is different..”

woman's voice,

At the same time, something moved vaguely in the darkness near where Seo Eun-ha was looking..

It was a woman in a suit, and it looked like a person had come out of the shadows..

“I've killed so many paladins like this, I never thought you'd notice this..”

The woman put a cigarette in her mouth, and Seo Eun-ha pulled out a large sword from behind her back..

“Since I can't stand the time being wasted on purpose, I only ask one question. who are you?”

An unidentifiable pale hand stretched out from behind the woman's back, holding a cigarette.,

Sigh - Her real hand lit the cigarette..

“Well, it would take a while to tell you who we are...?”

It was then.

Cha-ak!

The sound of a knife cutting into flesh - before you knew it, Choi Young-jun was standing next to Seo Eun-ha..

He was holding his sword, a sword, when something fell at his feet..

The hand that held the dagger was a cut hand..

“Pfft······.”

Then, in the distance, a man wearing a fedora landed..

Blood dripped from his right hand..

“Platoon leader, there was one more guy above my head..”

“I already knew, thank you.”

A translucent protective shield was formed above Seo Eun-ha’s head..

mana shield,

It was a skill inherent to the armor she was wearing..

“······Carol, I think I understand why Heo Young-tae and Yang Hee-joo were killed at the same time..”

The man in the bowler hat glared at Choi Young-jun and whispered..

They were faced with an unexpectedly powerful person..

“But they are both here, and who killed Oh Kang-muk??”

“······That's right.”

The connection with Oh Kang-muk was just lost..

It meant that maybe there was one more talented person..

Meanwhile, the fedora man's severed hand began to wriggle and move on its own.

todododo--

It crawled across the floor on its fingers as if it were a spider and ran towards its owner..

But in the end, I could not be held in the arms of my master..

Cha-ak!

All of its fingers were separated and scattered in all directions..

This time it was Choi Youngjun again..

“Oh my, now I have to crawl like a caterpillar instead of a spider.?”

Youngjun Choi smiled, raised his index finger, and wriggled..

The man in the bowler hat glared at Choi Youngjun..

“······I will kill that man.”

“It means you want it?”

“you're right.”

“Okay, then I have the paladin..”

Soon the eyes of the two vampires flashed red. At that moment, dozens or hundreds of green eye lights began to emerge one by one from the darkness between the trees behind their backs..

Wow-

Hundreds of footsteps and disgusting cries echoed through the mountains, they came like waves..

The undead army was approaching close by..

“······ready for battle!”

As Ahn Min-tae shouted, the search party members loaded their skills..

“Now, our famous paladin, let’s take a look at your skills.?”

Carol smiled and disappeared into the darkness..

Keeeee- keeeee-

From between the trees, a horde of zombies started running like a pack of dogs..

The number immediately visible was several dozen..

The search party members looked at Seo Eun-ha..

But she lowered her shield without any command..

yes-

As she lifted the shield, white letters appeared above it..

It was runes..

As they rotated around the shield, they gathered one by one at the center.-

T-uh-uh-uh-

Tremendous white light burst out in all directions, forming a white dome within a 20m radius..

Pa-ha-ah-ah-

Dozens of zombies that entered it were instantly oxidized..

It couldn't be anything other than tremendous divine power..

She handed the shield to Youngjun Choi..

“This dome lasts for 7 minutes. Provide support fire while protecting the children..”

Now this meant that she would break through on her own..

“Um, would you mind??”

“······there is no other way.”

Seo Eun-ha raised her sword in front of her eyes and closed her eyes..

yes-

The gray full plate armor glowed, and it gave the illusion that the armor had turned pure white..

She walked forward, pushing away the darkness, covering her entire body with radiance..

As if to counter him, knights wearing armor appeared from the opposite side..

It was the ‘Haunted Armor’, a 2m long armor emitting black smoke..

Thump-thump-thump-thump-

Carol smiled as she looked at the figure in the dark..

“The gift I prepared specially for you is the first..”

“······.”

Haunted Armor cannot be obtained just by having high sacred power..

Not only did it have physical defense as it appeared, but it also had considerable magic resistance..

Therefore, it was inevitable that it would be difficult to directly hit the evil spirit inside with ‘divine power’..

But there were a whopping 30 of them..

However, Seo Eun-ha didn't hesitate at all and ran across the floor..

It was so fast that it was hard to believe that it could withstand the full body armor and its massive weight..

After making such a leap, it kicked off the ground and soared into the sky.-

T-huh!

It directly hit the armor of the leading Hunted..

A spark flew between the two armors..

Seo Eun-ha stepped on the guy's chest, soared into the air once more, and fell straight down, sinking his great sword into Haunted Armor's head..

Zeng-!

At that moment, white light exploded from her great sword..

Pa-ha-ah-ah-

holly light,

As the pure white inside of its body spread, black smoke billowed out from between the gaps in its armor. The black smoke was shaped like a human face, and it screamed as if it was filled with pain..

The possessed evil spirit disappeared and returned to normal 'living armor'..

that was the end.

Coo-ung-

The huge armor collapsed in vain..

Other Haunted Armors rushed in, but they were no different..

Okay! T-huh! Okay! Zeng!

Seo Eun-ha dodged the hammer and spear that flew at her at incredible speed, and swung her great sword through the joints of the hunted armor to cut it off, knocking the steel giant to the ground..

And by inserting 'Holy Light' into the armor, he transformed the evil spirit... It's easy to say, but he performed an unbelievable feat..

In an instant, 5 Haunted Armors were knocked down like a tin can..

As such, the main skill of a paladin was to strengthen armor and weapons..

In other words, there was a world of difference between a naked Seo Eun-ha and a fully-armed Seo Eun-ha..

“what······.”

Carol tried to light a cigarette while sitting on a tree branch, but ended up.

Before she knew it, Seo Eun-ha was looking up at her, raising the tip of her sword and aiming it..

“It's a bit hard to say it with my own mouth... but I'll teach you why I'm famous, so come down..”

Carol was shocked for a moment, but then caught her breath..

“Ah... I knew that would happen, so I prepared a second gift..”

she took something out.