The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 5
5. A gate occurs within the compound - 2
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The purple flicker visible about 300 meters ahead was the gate..
‘almost there.’
Lee Hyun-wook’s steps as he climbed the mountain path became faster. His eyes were only looking at the floor in front of him, but his unique senses were extending in all directions, detecting metal almost everywhere..
His metal detection ability is currently capable of detecting objects weighing about 500 grams from about 102 meters away..
And I planned to use this ability to ‘identify’ the location of the monster..
‘You have to catch metal, specifically moving metal..’
There was a lot of metal everywhere in the unit..
Iron fences, guard posts, stakes, etc. interfered with the identification work. But what Lee Hyun-wook wanted to catch was moving metal, that is, the blade that the goblin carries..
and then······.
Beep-big-
- W, this is guard post number 6! Su, we were surrounded in an instant! It's a goblin! Oh, about a dozen goblins are heading towards the guard post! Well, it’s the gate! The compound gate has opened! Please apply immediately!
Simultaneously with the urgent radio call, gunshots rang out in quick succession from a nearby distance..
Ta-da-da-da-dang!
Lee Hyun-wook and Park Jun-mo lowered their posture at the same time..
Park Jun-mo went down and took a shooting stance, but Lee Hyun-wook did not stop and moved forward..
T-huh!
Soon, light flashed from ahead..
It was lightning magic.
In that split second, the appearance of guard post number 6 was revealed. There seemed to be an 'Electric Strike' type wizard among the guards at guard post 6, and I saw a goblin being hit by it and flying away..
Wow······
From Lee Hyun-wook's memory, the sentries at guard post number 6 were 'gunners' and 'wizards'..
‘Those guys didn't last very long. It will probably collapse soon..’
There was a lantern at the guard post and the surrounding bushes were cut short, but it was quite difficult to spot and accurately shoot a small, agile monster like a goblin at night..
In other words, it was impossible to block the approach of a group of goblins unless there was a warrior type player..
“This is guard post number 5. We are currently providing support to guard post number 6..”
Lee Hyun-wook made a radio call like that while climbing the mountain path..
- This is the command and control room, guard post 5! wait a moment······
The voice of the situation soldier who was saying that cut off, and then another voice came out..
- hey! Number 5! Number 5! Aren’t you F graders? No shit, who put F-ranks on duty together??
It was a man.
The voice appeared to be the head of the command and control room, the commander on duty..
- hey! Because we started with a 5-minute wait! You're just stuck at the guard post! I was acting out for no reason······
Hyunwook Lee turned down the volume on his walkie-talkie..
This was not because the angry voice of the commanding officer on duty was annoying, but because the noise could expose one's location..
and······.
‘5There is a squad structure, but it takes quite a while to start from the barracks and climb the mountain..’
I experienced it in my last life. After waiting for the 5-minute standby, guard post number 6 suffered miserably..
“Corporal Lee Hyun-wook! Didn't the commanding officer on duty just tell you not to go up??”
“Junmo, if we don’t go, they will get seriously hurt. And maybe die.”
“ah······.”
But honestly, Lee Hyun-wook was more attracted to the considerable benefits he could gain from that gate rather than the thought of having to save the sentries for guard post number 6. That's why it moved so quickly.
‘An elite monster is killed on site and drops a pretty good item..’
Goblin Shaman).
Commonly, there are monsters classified as 'elite monsters', and when hunting elite monsters, you can obtain much better items than regular monsters..
Lee Hyun-wook lowered his posture. At the same time, ‘Jojeonggan’ was hit with a single shot..
Beep-big-
- W, here is guard post number 6! Corporal Kim Jeong-ok is injured! Quick, quick! evil! Please save me quickly!
A dazed voice was heard over the walkie-talkie, probably the second gunner of guard post number 6..
At that very moment, Lee Hyun-wook raised the muzzle of his gun..
‘after! I finally feel it.’
Still nothing was visible. But the 'moving metal' is finally starting to be felt..
Weight about 300g······
It was clearly a 'crude dagger' carried by goblins..
Toward those points, Lee Hyun-wook fired without hesitation..
Ta-ang! Ta-ang!
After two gunshots, a scream and the sound of something falling down were heard from the bushes in front..
Wow······.
5.56A mm bullet hit the goblin's head. Of course, an ordinary bullet can't penetrate a monster's skull, but a good hit to the head could cause a concussion and knock him out..
Ta-ang!
It fired again, and this time the sound of someone falling was heard. It was also a hit.
At that time, lightning magic was shot again from guard post number 6..
T-huh!
As a result, the world was bathed in white light for an instant and my field of vision widened.······
At that moment, Park Jun-mo saw.
“uh?”
Ki-i!
Marie's goblin was lying down in the bushes and was flying towards her.······.
“Uh, no.!”
Park Jun-mo hurriedly raised the muzzle of his gun..
“······ah!”
At that moment, he realized that he had not loaded the bullet yet..
He quickly pulled the bolt and tried to load, but the thing was already right in front of him..
Tweet!
there was no time to react.
Park Jun-mo fell backwards and covered his head with both arms..
deeply!
At the same time, I heard the sound of flesh being pierced..
“······uh?”
However, for some reason, his body was fine. On the other hand, he confirmed that the goblin that was charging at him was slumped forward..
And there was an M9 bayonet stuck in the back of his head..
“ah······.”
Beyond that, Lee Hyun-wook was looking this way..
As he lightly raised his left hand······.
Pew-wook-
The M9 greatsword was pulled from the back of the goblin's head and stopped high in the air..
“Look at that, Park Jun-mo. I told you I couldn't even catch a goblin with a body like that..”
That's what he said a while ago.
“Oh, sorry, sorry······.”
“Wake up and wake up. And instead of using guns, use whatever magic you are good at. Only then can things change..”
After saying those words, Hyunwook Lee turned his head straight ahead. Then the M9 bayonet floating in the air lay down horizontally and followed his gaze and shot out into the darkness..
It was chasing the enemy..
Shhh!
Where the great sword passed, the bushes were cut down and scattered in disarray in the light of the lantern. Lee Hyun-wook ran into it and continued to aim and fire..
Ta-ang! Ta-ang!
And before he knew it, three more daggers appeared behind his back..
It was a crude dagger, a weapon dropped by a goblin..
“······uh?”
Yes. He was now controlling a total of four daggers..
‘It can change... It can really change.?’
Park Jun-mo couldn't believe that the man in front of him was 'F grade'..
3The dog's dagger flew menacingly to a standstill, as if it were a giant wasp, and soon burrowed into the bushes..
The scene was so fast and accurate that one could have mistaken it for a hawk gliding toward the surface..
Park Jun-mo suppressed his rough breathing and focused on the situation that was happening now..
Ta-ang! Ta-ang! Ta-ang!
Between loud gunfire, goblin screams erupted intermittently..
Park Jun-mo watched the entire process in a daze..
‘······changed. It has definitely changed.’
Park Jun-mo was the first to realize that it wasn't just his attitude that had changed..
***
‘It's easy as expected.’
There were 9 goblins, the number of monsters that Hyunwook Lee dealt with in just 3 minutes..
Although his body and abilities were old, his memories of his past life did not volatilize. I have defeated not only low-level monsters like goblins, but also monsters powerful enough to overthrow a nation..
Honestly, I was confident I could handle this with just one dagger..
Before he knew it, Lee Hyun-wook was close enough to identify guard post number 6..
Meanwhile, Lee Hyun-wook went behind them..
Because every goblin was holding a crude dagger, Lee Hyun-wook accurately identified their location and was able to avoid them without difficulty..
and······.
‘found.’
I found a goblin wearing a strange outfit near the gate. Tattoos all over his body, flashy accessories, and a head taller than an ordinary goblin.······.
That was the boss monster and elite monster of this gate, ‘Goblin Shaman’..
‘If I don't take it down right away, all the goblins will come running towards me..’
I stopped Lee Hyun-wook's breathing and aimed at his knee..
Ta-ang! Ta-ang! Ta-ang!
Three shots were fired at once, and it was an accurately aimed shot..
Three bullets hit the guy's knee..
Tweet!
The bastard screamed, and at the same time, a dagger was fired from behind Lee Hyun-wook..
However, like an 'elite monster', it sensed the dagger's approach and immediately raised a small wooden shield to cover itself..
Boom! Tung!
Two daggers were blocked by the shield, but,
‘no use.’
Whoosh-
The other one turned in the air and passed by the shield. He had controlled a large number of metals for many years and had mastered the art of controlling 'flight trajectories'..
deeply!
The dagger plunged into the guy's side, and his dirty body stumbled greatly..
Wow!
Even though it was a fairly fatal blow, the guy did not lose his spirit. He pulled out the dagger from my side and the dagger from my shield and threw it behind my back and over the gate..
Metal that went to another dimension like that could not be controlled..
Did you notice how the dagger moves??
‘As expected, it lives up to its name..’
But nothing changed.
“then······.”
Lee Hyun-wook's senses were able to detect numerous metals within about 150 meters..
“······I can borrow yours for a moment..”
Hyunwook Lee stretched out his hand towards the goblin shaman..
He was wearing a lot of jewelry around his neck and forearms, some of which were pieces of metal. When Lee Hyun-wook moved it, the long necklace instantly began to wrap around its owner's neck..
······Ke, kek!
The strangled goblin shaman dropped his shield and grabbed his neck..
Kwa-duk!
I broke my necklace with such force.······.
“No matter how urgent it is, you can't turn a blind eye to it..”
Suddenly, a crude dagger hanging from the guy's waist rose into the sky..
He raised his head in surprise..
Even if it was an elite monster, something like this didn't seem to be expected..
The next moment, the dagger fell towards the top of the guy's head..
deeply!
The guy's body collapsed vertically..
thud-
That was it..
However, Lee Hyun-wook did not relax. When the goblin shaman is eliminated, the goblin group under his command falls into chaos and becomes a ragtag group, but there are still many left..
Ta-da-da-dang!
He literally hunted down the remaining guys using accurate aiming and multiple daggers..
At the same time, he lifted the ‘metal’ off the floor and raked it into his pocket..
Most of them were shell casings, often with small bluish stones mixed in..
Mana Stone).
It was an item dropped by almost all monsters and an otherworldly energy source. Although the name is stone, it is actually made of metal..
And if Lee Hyun-wook swallows this, not only the ‘total amount of metal’ but also the ‘total amount of mana’ increases..
He walked up to the goblin shaman's body, scraping together metal..
‘It must have fallen······.’
He used his ability to move metal - metal control - and swept around the Shaman. Miscellaneous metals were detected around the guy's body..
Most of them were accessories.
But what he was looking for wasn't that kind of nonsense..
‘······found.’
Soon, something very heavy was detected..
Hung - chin!
He pulled it over and held it in his left hand. It was a solid lump of black metal..
- ‘‘Adamant’ was obtained..
“······This?”
adamant).
It was an item called legendary metal..
It is a very precious magic metal used to make top-tier weapons, and it was the hardest material among them..
For a player in the tank position, acquiring armor made of this adamant alloy was a lifelong goal. And as such, it was also an extremely expensive item, costing over a million won per 10g..
‘I can't believe I already got this······.’
Lee Hyun-wook quickly put the object, which was about 6cm in diameter, in his mouth, wondering if anyone would see it..
gulp-
As expected, it was too big to swallow, but I managed to push it down my throat..
- caution! There is already ‘metal’ being absorbed. There is a delay in absorption.
The previously swallowed lock had not yet been digested, and a penalty called 'delayed absorption' was activated. To put it simply, it was 'indigestion', but the absorption time increased significantly..
- (09:48:51) left until metal absorption.
In some ways, it was a somewhat inefficient choice.······.
‘But if I didn't do this, the military would have collected it..’
According to AMT regulations, all items obtained through military operations become military property..
That's why I didn't sweep up all the Mana Stones but only took a few..
If you are too greedy, you could arouse suspicion, and if you are subject to intensive inspection, it will be a headache..
It was then.
T-uh-uh-
A pure white light exploded from somewhere, soaring into the sky and painting the entire area pure white..
It was not a single burst of light like a lightning spell, but a beam of light bright enough to bury nearby warning lights..
‘It's Holy Light.’
It was one of the basic skills possessed by divine players..
‘The paladin has finally arrived.’
The officer on duty was Lieutenant Seo Eun-ha..
“······Everyone step back!”
With a shout, she landed in front of guard post number 6..
She held the long sword in both hands and looked around..
Normally he would have looked like a true knight, equipped with a shield and iron armor, but now he was in a hurry and was running with only his weapon..
“Help the injured person and get away from the gate...?”
But everything was already over.
Seo Eun-ha became blank and began to look around once again..
And then my eyes met with Lee Hyun-wook, a soldier standing alone in the blood-stained bushes..
“······what? Uh, what happened??”
Looking at her with a somewhat absurd expression, Lee Hyun-wook calmly raised his hand and saluted..
“······.”
It was a scene she couldn't understand..
***
Soon the 5-minute team arrived, and after that, the battalion commander came down from the official residence..
Hyunwook Lee returned to the dormitory and was ordered to wait for a while..
And how long has it been······.
- hook! This is disseminated at the administrative level. Corporal Lee Hyun-wook... Please go to the command and control room immediately. This is a call from the battalion commander. I spread it once again······
The voice was that of the duty officer, Kwak Jin-cheol, and for some reason, I felt a sense of melancholy..
Given his personality, his stomach would have started to hurt when he heard that Lee Hyun-wook was active..
Lee Hyun-wook stood up as if he had been waiting..
‘It's a reward.’
An F-level player completely prevented the gate from occurring within the compound..
In some ways, it was the same incident as a private catching a spy..
It was worthy of a generous reward..
‘In that case... I guess I'll have to ask for it..’
Although military life was very limited, the benefits gained during this period were considerably greater than expected..
‘An underrated item, one of the potential items is in the battalion armory..’
There was an item with hidden 'detailed information', like an F-level player whose method of improving abilities would be kept under wraps for quite some time..
It's called a 'potential item'..
The performance of items is always fixed. Item abilities can be improved through 'strengthening', but like any other game, the success rate of strengthening is not very high, so it was risky..
However, potential items ‘grow’ according to specific requirements without such restrictions..
There was a list of them on one side of the notebook that Lee Hyun-wook wrote down after his return..
‘If you ask for that as a reward, I will give it to you without difficulty..’
At a time when even the potential of F-level players had not yet been revealed, only one person knew the value of that item..
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