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The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 40

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- Chik - Drop completed.

natural disaster,

Even if you say that, a scene that would be okay was unfolded..

A hole opened in the sky and steel rain poured down..

In fact, it was as if the battalion armory itself was pouring out..

They fell with the acceleration of gravity and flashed..

Sh-shh-sh-sh-sh-

The undead troops who had uprooted all the trees and gathered in a wide area had no way to avoid the heavy rain of steel pouring down from above, and were swept away..

Fu-boo-boo-boo-boo-!

Hundreds of zombies and residents of hell collapsed simultaneously in an attack like carpet bombardment..

Tsk-tsk-kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk-

Of course, it couldn't be easily retired with regular weapons..

However, just piercing the body and cutting it in a few places was enough..

This was because making them incapacitated made them much easier to deal with..

'And, the real blade is separate..’

In the midst of the endless rain of steel, there were several individually moving blades..

30There were 12 stakes, 12 iron balls, and 2 KG19s..

The sacred weapons moved like guided missiles under Lee Hyun-wook's control and intercepted the enemy..

Hwa-ja-ja-ja-

As they passed by, dozens of zombies disappeared into ashes..

While attention was drawn to the steel rain pouring down vertically, the truly effective attack was moving horizontally and in full swing..

That wasn't Lee Hyun-wook's only weapon..

Thump-thump-

Haunted Armor, no, now it's just 'Living Armor' and the armor giants are under Lee Hyun-wook's control.,

A total of two stood tall on Lee Hyun-wook's left and right, holding huge hammers and long spears..

- ‘Master authority’ for Living Armor has been secured. (2/3)

‘There are only 3 levels at most, but if you use them well, they are more useful than you might think..’

In my previous life, I had flown up to 19 aircraft at the same time. Although the Necromancer surrounded them with thousands of low-level undead and used 'Corpse Explosion', they lost everything..

Anyway, 'controlling' Living Armor was easier than I thought..

Without having to worry about anything else, just by lightly touching it and maintaining a 'sense of connection', the metal control functioned and moved and fought automatically. It was thanks to the ‘magic circuit’ imprinted on the armor itself..

Thump-thump-

The steel giants took the lead and crushed the oncoming zombies, opening the way..

Lee Hyun-wook followed that path..

and…….

‘found.’

About 200 meters ahead, a huge tombstone glowing green was seen..

Finally, the totem, the ‘concentration of evil’, was found..

“-no!”

At that time, an evil voice rang out..

Carol, she blocked Lee Hyun-wook..

“What the hell did you do... … What on earth are you??”

Carol, who had lost her composure, had suddenly turned into a hideous person..

The six arms sticking out from behind his back were so huge that they almost looked like the legs of a spider, and as if he were actually a spider, he lunged forward with his arms taking turns like legs..

"A guy like you wasn't in our information, what the hell, what the hell……."

Carol muttered in a voice filled with despair, snatched the spear thrown out by Living Armor, and hit it with it, knocking it down..

Then, after trampling and crushing him with six arms, he stretched out one arm towards Lee Hyun-wook..

“-die!”

At that moment, something flashed behind her..

support-!

2The flash of foot and lightning magic hit Carol's back..

Perhaps because he was struck by injustice, he couldn't react, so he rolled his eyes and fell backwards..

"under! Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook!”

It was Park Jun-mo..

The guy came close behind Lee Hyun-wook with a calm expression. Even though he was going through that melee, he seemed to be conserving the few shots of lightning he could not use without firing recklessly..

‘As expected, Park Jun-mo is a more useful talent than you might think..’

Originally, it was Park Jun-mo, who would not be dead at this time, but through his experiences, he became a completely different person. Moreover, since it is an F grade, if only we could figure out how to grow our abilities... … Honestly, I was really looking forward to it..

"Now! go ahead!”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded and turned around..

Removing the totem rather than definitively finishing Carol off.,

No, swallowing the devil's medal came first..

Now the totem was only about fifty meters away, the range..

Lee Hyun-wook placed half of the metal stake on one iron stake and fired it towards the totem..

Tongue-

But I got blocked by a translucent wall..

After all, it is a magic shield..’

I expected it. There was no way that such an important item was left unguarded..

But Lee Hyun-wook had a weapon that could break through it..

A pale note emerged from his waist..

however…….

Ku-ung-

The ground shook as something landed in front of the totem..

As expected, it was a huge armor..

It completely blocked the totem..

Clutter-clack-clack-

It's quite different from the 'Haunted Armor' I've encountered so far..

One head was larger, green smoke was creeping out from the entire body like an aura, and the eye glow was not just shining, but burning like the fire of hell..

"Gigant Hunted Armor……."

The dungeon's boss monster came directly out of the gate..

Wow---

He grabbed a halberd with a diameter of 5 meters with both hands and swung it with all his might..

Bu-ung-ka-gang-!

In just one blow, the living armor was torn like a piece of paper and the upper body was sent flying far away..

As expected, since it was a boss monster, it did not have ordinary destructive power..

‘……It's getting annoying.’

Lee Hyun-wook confronted the guy and slowly backed away..

Although he looked slow on the outside, he was quite fast..

He would close the distance in an instant and swing that long halberd..

If you make a mistake and get grazed by that attack,…….

‘die instantly.’

But this time, someone helped Hyunwook Lee..

Teo-ung -

A person wearing full armor ran towards him and struck the large figure..

It was quiet.

"Breathe! Hurry up and go!”

Like David and Goliath wrestling, she grabbed his shoulders and hung on, then climbed over his shoulders and hung on his back. Still, she swung her greatsword consistently, hitting the guy's helmet..

T-huh!

Of course, since it was an intangible being, such physical damage was useless..

"What are you doing! Go ahead and destroy the totem!”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded..

‘Every time I break it, I will eat it up.’

Just like that, while Seo Eun-ha was attracting his attention, Lee Hyun-wook turned to the right..

But actually, there was no need to do that..

Even though the front was blocked and his vision was blocked, Lee Hyun-wook was able to detect and hit the target..

Of course, if there was anything other than metal in between, it would be blocked, but the path had already been identified..

A pale note was shot from Lee Hyun-wook’s waist..

Shhh!

It moved quickly, elastically, and curved like a marlin..

Ugh!

‘done.’

I couldn't see it, but I could see it.

There must have been a big hole in the middle of it.,

Blah blah blah - cracked,

Wow-!

It collapsed like an explosion..

- congratulations! Destroyed the gathering place of evil, putting an end to the catastrophe..

It was over.

- congratulations! You have achieved a special achievement.

"Well achievements?”

The achievement was achieved by destroying the totem..

[Achievements List]

1) Purifier)

- Condition: Destroy the object that declares the realm of death..

- Effect: Dark resistance formation (level 1), increase in total mana (+200), increase in divine power(+20%)

This was information that even Lee Hyun-wook did not know..

This is because in the past life, this totem was owned by a necromancer and could not be destroyed..

In other words, in this life, before he got it, he destroyed it..

‘The profits are rolling in like crazy..’

But there was another highlight.

Lee Hyun-wook detected a piece of metal among the crumbling fragments of the monument and pulled it out..

widely-

What looked like a square, well-polished piece of metal was held in my hand..

There were all kinds of patterns engraved on its surface, but there was no time to take a closer look..

- Obtained the Devil's Medal (Legion).

"......done."

If the last devil's medal I swallowed was Inferno or Hell,

This time it was Legion..

Looking at the usage, it seemed like it was an item about ‘control’..

Although he didn't know what kind of skill would come out, Lee Hyun-wook swallowed it without hesitation..

thud-

At that time, the earth shook.

When I turned my head, a thick cloud of dust was rising, and behind it, the boss monster, the Gigant Hunted Armor, was lying bare. Seo Eun-ha sat on top of him and gasped for air..

"Ha-ha-”

She turned her head to Hyunwook Lee..

Blood was like sweat and his eyes were half-open..

"now… … Is it over??”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded at Seo Eun-ha’s words..

1, 2The company's troops were slowly advancing and wiping out the remaining zombies. This was possible because most of the zombies were rendered incapable of action due to the firepower poured in from the battalion's entire arsenal..

In other words, all that was left now was literally ‘organization’..

‘however… … Carol, where is she??’

Hyunwook Lee found Carol, the leader of the five butchers, in the mess..

I couldn't send her away alive..

But no matter how much I looked, I couldn't see her... … The question was soon resolved.

“……Look over there! the woman runs away!”

Choi Taeyong's shout,

everyone turned their heads.

It was Carol.

The woman was running up the mountain. When she decided she couldn't win, she started pulling me out..

"shit!”

Seo Eun-ha let out a curse and raised her sword towards Carol..

A white ray of light shot out from the tip of the sword..

It was a straight Holy Light, not radial..

Chi-ik-!

The beam of light stretched out over a hundred meters and touched Carol's back..

But Carol only stumbled for a moment and ran forward again..

The gunners fired arrows, hitting a few hits, but Carol didn't care..

Lee Hyun-wook also sent a fail note, but the distance was already too far..

"Damn, I'm probably going to miss it! too fast!”

Taeyong Choi stuck out his tongue..

'It's not good to miss it..’

It was a mistake. Carol saw Hyunwook Lee’s presence..

The villain organization would be wary of Lee Hyun-wook..

When I was just watching blankly like a dog chasing a chicken….....

uh?”

A huge shadow loomed over Carol..

“……What is that??”

It was so fast that I couldn't make out what it was... Carol, who has considerable grip strength as a mid-level vampire, was being crushed without being able to do anything..

It looked like an animal.

Kwa-duk!

that…….

"tiger, tiger?”

Yes, to be exact, it was a white tiger, a tiger covered in white fur..

Gooooo-

On the side of the mountain, a white tiger stood tall with its back to the moonlight..

Then a light and a gust of wind flew over its head..

Doo doo doo doo---

It was the rotor sound..

A helicopter came over the ridge and began hovering above their heads..

Soon someone jumped out of there..

chin-

The battalion commander was Kim Kang-seok..

He had returned quickly from a mission..

Behind him, a white afterimage appeared, and before I knew it, the white tiger was there. A tiger the size of a house... … It was a huge beast that fit that description perfectly..

"Don't be surprised, that's the battalion commander's family..”

When one of the privates took a step back, Ahn Min-tae said that..

Yes. That beast was a druid, a descendant of Kim Kang-seok..

Just like his nickname “Sangun of Namsan,” he used those fearsome beasts as weapons..

Seo Eun-ha put away her great sword and gave a raised hand salute..

Kim Kang-seok looked around with an expressionless expression, but he clearly looked astonished..

“……I didn't know that they would allow the battalion's armory to be used, but they would move the entire armory..

At first glance, it looked like a blood-red reed field made of iron had appeared on one side of Namsan Mountain..

He approached Lee Hyun-wook..

"Hyunwook Lee, whenever you come back from victory, there’s always a lot I want to hear..”

"But again, there's a lot of work to do first..”

Kim Kang-seok raised his head, and everyone followed his gaze and looked at the sky..

"the sky……."

Most people did not notice when the wide-area portal opened a little while ago, but as the dawn gradually dawned, the mysterious colors began to become clear..

So now it seems clear.

“……It's purple.”

Now, the sky in Seoul was purple.

“……No matter how you look at it, that is a harbinger of a wave..”

Although Kim Kang-seok said it calmly, it was quite a scary statement..

Astonishment began to appear on everyone's faces..

I won, but I couldn't even smile, let alone feel relieved..

Because I knew very well how terrible a phenomenon the wave was..

Maybe this fight was just the beginning.

But Lee Hyun-wook was different..

‘The most important first offensive was stopped..’

Lee Hyun-wook decided to hunt, dismantle, and absorb a whale named Wave..

And the first harpoon aimed at that huge whale landed just right..

This was possible because of the use of this battalion rather than by one's own efforts as intended..

‘And continues this momentum, completely devouring it.’

Just like the unlock event, the higher the difficulty level, the higher the reward..

And as Lee Hyun-wook remembers, there were a lot of hidden foods in this wave..

Meanwhile, Kim Kang-seok looked at the armored giant standing behind Lee Hyun-wook with a puzzled expression..

“That Living Armor, is it really possible for you to control it??”

"Yes, it seems that metal control can operate magic circuits.”

"Amazing……."

"Battalion commander, can I repair those living armors and use them??”

A total of 30 units came out of this gate..

It seemed like half of them could still be used..

Of course, Lee Hyun-wook could only handle three at a time..

“Well, I'm not sure if it's possible with only battalion engineers, but give it a try..”

There were 'blacksmith' type players in the battalion, and they were engineers..

But I couldn't say that their skills were that excellent..

'Anyway, I have to bring in Master Kang Jeong-du..’

Gang Jeong-du would have been able to easily restore it to this extent..

4I was planning to bring two people with me to evacuate them from the car wave..

"And Lieutenant Seo Eun-ha, is that thing you’re stepping on a boss monster??”

"yes, that's right.”

Seo Eun-ha held up the ‘World Stone’ that flowed from the Gigantic Haunted Armor..

In other words, it was virtually the same as saying that the dungeon was successfully conquered..

The moment you destroy that, the gate will close..

"Good. Leave the gate guard behind, and the rest descend..”

And so the descent began..

Of course the battle wasn't over.

There were still two gates left..

at that time…….

Jeopuk- Jeopuk-

A noise was heard between the trees in one corner..

“……huh? Where is everyone going??”

It was Choi Youngjun..

Strangely, he was wearing a fedora that did not match his military uniform at all..

And he was dragging someone by their hair..

Of course, that someone was a vampire man, and his limbs had been cleanly cut off..

“……what?”

He frowned, looking at the scenery that had changed while he was away..

In his eyes, it could only be a strange scene..

"Wow, awesome... … Why did so many items come out??”

His judgment was not strange..

So many items fell like rain from a hole in the sky.,

It was something you couldn't even imagine unless you witnessed it yourself..

***

As Lee Hyun-wook descended from the mountain, he checked the system message that appeared before his eyes..

- Metal absorption is complete. : Devil's Medal (Legion)

* Steerable metal weight increased: 544g

Now, I can easily digest this amount..

but…….

"Pfft-"

- A ‘signal core’ is being formed in the central nervous system.. (1%)

* May be accompanied by extreme pain!

This time it was not the stomach, but the central nervous system, i.e. the brain and spine..

'This really hurts a lot…….'

The pain that felt like my stomach was melting when the breath room was formed was nothing..

My head hurt like it was going to explode, and my whole body was more than numb, it felt like I was being stabbed with a knife..

Literally, the nerves were being rebuilt and abnormal sensations began to occur..

"Sergeant Lee Hyun-wook, your complexion… … You're not feeling well.”

Park Jun-mo asked worriedly..

"are you okay. Look ahead. fall down.”

But as the saying goes, you have to endure pain to grow..

Therefore, rapid growth is bound to be accompanied by terrible growing pains..