The Player Who Eats Steel - Episode 89
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Korea's best alchemy research complex located on the banks of the Han River in Gangdong-gu.
Reporters were gathered around the place. As the situation was serious, an order was issued to prohibit access to the site, and access to high-rise buildings in the area was also restricted, but they somehow managed to secure a spot..
"Reporter Kim, don’t you think this is unusual? I think there's a conspiracy brewing in there.?”
"yes? I can feel it too. Otherwise, why would they occupy the laboratory??”
But nothing much happened after several hours.,
The police authorities only repeated the phrase ‘negotiations are underway’..
How long has it been since the incident was so stagnant?…….
"—uh! Look over there!”
Troops of the 999th Special Mission Battalion, who had been hiding around the hostage scene, finally began a suppression operation..
The operation must have been successful, as hundreds of hostages began to stream out of the building..
But an unexpected name came out of their mouths..
"Come on, senior! They said all the terrorists were killed, but... … This is what Hyunwook Lee did.!”
They said that Lee Hyun-wook had subdued the terrorists..
“—what? Is it Lee Hyun-wook again? Oh no, but why is he here??”
Today, a hero is more famous than anyone else, but has never been active.,
It was the moment when it became known to the world that he had been secretly deployed in this operation..
therefore.......
[Breaking News] Circumstances captured at Gangdong-gu hostage site ‘Savior of Seoul’ Lee Hyeon-wook (1st report))
[Breaking News] Hostages rescued in Gangdong-gu “Lee Hyun-wook appeared and saved them”.”
[Breaking News] Gangdong-gu terrorist's weapon neutralized in front of 'Manipulator of Steel' Lee Hyun-wook (1 report))
The world once again brought his name to the surface and began discussing it..
"after… … I hope you stop writing speculative articles and show the real picture this time..”
In fact, to reporters, Lee Hyeon-wook was like a gye-reuk. I couldn't help but jump on the bandwagon of the issue he was promoting, but since he didn't reveal the actual truth, I had to rely on 'assumptions' when writing the article..
"But wouldn’t a bigger incident have to happen for that to happen? It's in the mood to finish now.?”
"Ah, well… … If this continues, we won't be able to see that person in action again.……."
It was then.
Thump—thump—thump—thud—
"Uh, what is this??”
A loud noise sounded from somewhere underground beneath my feet, and the earth shook.,
Soon, Building B of the laboratory building, the center of the incident, began to collapse..
Ku—gu—gu—gu—gu——!
"uh! What, what?!"
"The building collapses! damage to all!”
In a somewhat sudden development, they had no choice but to forget about the issue of Lee Hyun-wook..
***
After a while, a man stood in front of the broadcasting station camera..
"Yes, I am reporter Lee Jeong-hoon, who is at the scene of the KAC hostage situation.!"
Lee Jeong-hoon, he was a reporter specializing in player coverage of the MBS news department..
Behind his back, the half-collapsed building B of the laboratory was visible..
“……Behind me, you can see the laboratory building that collapsed due to an unexplained impact..”
Soon, the thick dust caused by the collapse cleared and a huge pit appeared..
And the broadcasting station's microphone picked up the scream that came out desperately from within..
Wow——!
A strange tangle of upbringings... … It felt like the black pit itself was howling..
"......."
As a result, Lee Jung-hoon's expression on the screen, holding the microphone, hardened in real time..
"Uh, now, some strange sound is coming from inside the hole at the collapse site.……."
Strangely enough, my tongue was twisted..
‘What the fuck!’
His subconscious was screaming that he had to get out of here right now..
But he pushed away that impulse and opened his mouth again..
"Ah, I guess there's something... … And that too… a lot. … It seems like it's about to pour out.”
In line with his comments, the broadcast screen switched to a drone camera in the sky, showing a close-up of the inside of the pit..
At that moment, not only Lee Jung-hoon but even the studio anchors had no choice but to remain silent..
"......."
A sinkhole tens of meters deep, with red eyes filling it like the red Milky Way.),
Unidentified monsters with human upper bodies and reptile tails were climbing up the inside wall of the pit. At least hundreds, maybe thousands.…….
It was a gross and disgusting scene, as if a miniature camera had been inserted into a termite tunnel..
Or it looked like hell was about to overflow..
Kueeee——Queeee——
The urgent shouts of government agents were then picked up by the broadcasting station's microphone..
"Leave this scene right now! A wide-area curse debuff will spread here.!”
Then military transport planes flew in, and the sky shook.,
Even the reporters who had been stubbornly holding on began to leave in a hurry..
"Well, we'll get to a safe place and then I'll keep you updated on the situation.!”
Even as Lee Jung-hoon moved from place to place, the drone camera continued to focus on the sinkhole..
But that was then.
A rather strange scene was captured on camera..
There was someone standing tall in front of the pit where the monsters were climbing out of..
“……uh?”
Lee Jung-hoon also checked the scene and added his voice to the screen..
"uh! Look over there! There's someone standing right in front of the pit!”
As a reporter, Lee Jeong-hoon immediately recognized the person's identity..
"Oh my god! This is Lee Hyun-wook, the savior of Seoul! He's blocking the hole!”
He then remembered that Lee Hyun-wook was at this scene..
"It also stands alone! Is he really going to stop those monsters by himself??”
This one scene alone was a hit, but the subsequent scenes were all equally amazing..
Wooooow——!
As if by magic, a huge white object appeared above his head..
A long oval white body, smooth streamlined curves, and four engraved wings… … It was an airship.
"omg! Rain, it’s not fair! Perhaps it is a new, hitherto unknown airship.!”
It was the first appearance of the fourth, an item-type airship known to exist of only three in the world..
Wooooow——
Then, its tail opened and black 'cubes' began to fly in a row.,
The mana circuit on the surface of the 'cube' shed a faint light and lined up behind Lee Hyun-wook's back..
"Now he's started something! It's clear he intends to stop the monsters.!”
A man single-handedly stops a horde of monsters pouring out of a black hole.,
And the cubic mechanical devices lined up behind the man's back.,
The way they sparkled and reflected the sunlight was even elegant..
‘This picture is truly amazing! If the results are good, it will be a cut that will go down in history.!’
Lee Jeong-hoon, who has been a player reporter for 7 years, understood the tremendous meaning contained in this scene..
‘okay… … That's what happens when a hero who has been building his skills in the dark finally makes his real debut..'
Soon, Lee Hyun-wook made his first historic move by raising his left hand..
Teo-the-the-the-the-the-dong——!
Something had fallen from the bottom of the cubic aircraft and started hitting the ground..
It was shaped like a flag, with a huge leaf hanging from the end of a long pole..
The leaves began to emit a green aura..
- This applies to your region.
* All ‘Dark type’ attribute monsters are weakened.. (-15%)
* Damage of all ‘holy series’ attributes increases. (+20%)
This was a kind of ‘sacred object’ made from the leaves of the World Tree..
Generally, what are called sacred relics are semi-permanent ‘objects’ and the production, installation, and preservation processes were quite difficult. However, this was a sacred relic in the form of a ‘consumer item’..
To put it simply, although installation was very simple, the effect was ‘temporary’..
"He 'deploys' something calmly, as if he was waiting for those monsters.!”
Lee Jeong-hoon continued his on-site broadcast with a voice that regained stability..
"As of now, we don't know why he went out alone and why no one is helping him..”
Everyone here is confused and confused about this situation, not knowing what to do.,
Lee Hyun-wook responded with a light hand gesture without the slightest change in expression..
And finally, the first line of monkfish crawled out of the pit..
Wow——!
That disgusting sight was captured entirely on camera..
at that time—
The cubes formed a hemispherical shape as if surrounding a pit, and a long 'tube' protruded from the center of the body. And the moment Lee Hyun-wook stretched out his left hand, the 'tubes' ejected metal projectiles..
Two-two-two-two-two-two——!
A tight fire net formed by a volley of fire.),
In the lead, dozens of anglerfish got caught there..
burr burr burr burr burr burr burr burr burr burr burr burr——
Their bodies were torn to pieces and scattered around..
"Look, look! Lee Hyun-wook's skills are on point! All monsters fall!”
However, black smoke began to rise from their corpses..
"Uh, something strange is happening.!”
Pooh-ooh-ooh-ooh——
- caution! 'Devil's Breath' spreads in the area.
The unpleasant smoke enveloped Lee Hyun-wook's whole body, but he didn't care..
It was the same for the anglers too..
Wow——!
They never stopped despite Lee Hyun-wook's offensive and continued to push forward..
They were violent beasts that ran wild following the scent of their prey, without any emotion whatsoever..
But Lee Hyun-wook did not allow them to walk outside the pit..
The moment he grabbed his left hand, hundreds of iron balls exploded..
T-that-that-that-that-jeong——!
As they scattered debris in all directions, dozens of animals that had just escaped the pit were swept away..
That wasn't the end.
The fragments rotated around the hole, forming a 'metal whirlwind'..
Coo—o—o—o—o—o——
A storm of blades, the whirlwind swirls fiercely through the pit..
"and… … It's like a technology that reminds me of a giant blender.!”
As a result, the advance of the flock of anglerfish had no choice but to be blocked..
"He's really holding back those hordes of monsters! That's really, uh, a lot of firepower.!”
Lee Hyun-wook was walking towards the pit, pushing away like that..
"he… … We're not just blocking that monster's attack, we're breaking through it.!"
The world witnessed that scene..
***
Lee Hyun-wook thought that if he could protect the narrow passage when this moment came, it would be possible to block the hordes of anglerfish. However, he predicted that it would be a very difficult fight and did not relax..
But now I realize that that expectation was wrong..
‘This is easier than you think?’
Every time he stretched out his hand, dozens of monkfish turned into pieces of meat and piled up..
‘As expected, I am growing much faster than I expected..’
- Current steerable metal weight: 491kg
* Transcendent Sense (+30%) is in effect.
* Strong Bone (+10%) is being applied.
* World Boss Monster Slayer (+5%) is being applied.
* Savior of Seoul (+100%) is in effect. : Overlaps with top additional effects.
This was largely due to the effect of.
Doubles metal control, including all previous effects..
'Now, within Seoul, it has more firepower than anyone else..’
And there was enough 'mana' to control that huge number of metals..
- mana：67,441/74,459
* Mana regeneration rate per second : 199
Since I have been steadily swallowing the 'gnome-made small mana generator' obtained from the gnome's ruins site A3, not only the total amount of mana but also the speed of mana recovery has increased dramatically..
This was the benefit of growth characteristics other than level..
You are upgraded step by step every moment without any battle or training..
‘And at this level, you can go in directly instead of protesting outside..’
The person responsible for causing this situation is down there, deep in the underground research facility..
Lee Hyun-wook's original plan was to somehow prevent the flood of anglerfish hordes..
‘Then he will crawl out on his own feet.…….'
But now, it seemed like he could go in and kill the player before he planned another plan..
‘He's probably panicking, and he's probably making another plan right now.…….'
If Lee Hyun-wook chose to take a bold step forward, his plan would go awry once again..
Jeopuk- Jeobuk—
So he walked forward,
Clap—
I put the shotgun I haven't felt the need to use yet behind my back..
And stretched out both free hands forward..
As a result, the 'metal storm' surrounding the pit began to move again..
Damn—dark—
Hyunwook Lee ‘metal deformed’ them and tangled them together, creating a kind of ‘ring’..
Of course, it was no ordinary ring..
It was shaped like a crown of thorns, with sharp blades sticking out fiercely..
‘fall—’
The moment Lee Hyun-wook dropped his hand, the ring fell at high speed..
Qua—de—de—de—de——!
It fell through the hole and scraped away the anglerfish that were climbing the wall..
Then, it once again caused 'shattering' beneath it, crushing everything inside the narrow passage..
Qua—ah—ah—ah—ang——
Acrid smoke rose from inside the pit..
Although it was invisible to the eye, it would have killed a huge number of people at once..
As if to prove it, a one-line system message came to mind..
- congratulations! You have achieved a special achievement.
[Achievements List]
4) demon slayer
- Conditions: Hunt more than 999 demon-type monsters
- Effect: Increases damage dealt to demon type monsters (+20%)
This was an achievement I had achieved in a previous life..
‘When dealing with the devil, this is the weapon you need more than anything else..’
Until now, the devil could only be encountered at very special events..
‘But later on, the gap in the dimension became more and more loose, so they descended directly, saying something like this..’
It was necessary to increase the level of this demon slayer until such a time came..
The first step was made quite early..
Lee Hyun-wook threw himself into a pit and fell in free fall..
'That's disgusting…….'
The stench assaulted my nose, I felt dizzy..
Just before falling to the floor, the rigid body was lifted into the air..
yes——
Instead of landing on the floor where the bodies were piled up, he threw himself into a hole in the wall..
That was a hallway. Looking at the floor sign on the wall, it was the 6th underground floor, and all kinds of slime were smeared along the long passage. This is probably a sign that a flock of angler fish passed through this place.,
‘I guess I can just follow this road..’
This underground research building was a very large facility with up to 10 underground floors..
Therefore, unless you were an official, it would not be easy to find your way..
Even more so if the building itself was torn apart by a swarm of anglerfish........
but…….
'……There is movement.’
‘Moving metal’ was captured in his senses..
‘A flock of anglerfish probably don't have metal on their bodies.…….'
In other words, it would have been the movement of a human, a living human being..
***
“……shit! This makes sense!”
A middle-aged man wearing glasses and a white coat shouted that.
He was Dr. Taejun Choi, the person in charge of the ‘Silver Line’, a secret facility on the 9th floor underground..
The name of the project he was in charge of was ‘Shinhwa’, which literally meant becoming a god..
In other words, the purpose of his research was to find a way for humans to live eternal life using the system..
Today, the first experiment of the cause was underway.…….
"Fuck, what is this all of a sudden?!”
Like this, we got bad experimental results..
And now, 11 researchers were standing in front of him with their heads bowed..
"that is… … proceeded flawlessly, but there were external variables.."
The variable was only one player, Lee Hyun-wook..
"I had no idea that man would show up here and that he would be so strong..”
Those words were a fact that Taejun Choi could not deny..
He never dreamed it would be like this…….
"Damn it, now that it's come to this... … I'll take that girl, take number 1 and number 2, and escape..”
He said and pointed to a woman tied to a chair..
"Uh, then we……."
When someone asked that question, Taejun Choi's eyes widened sharply..
"Of course, shouldn't we protect this place for the greater good??”
At that one word, the researcher's eyes, which had been twisted in confusion, changed into firm conviction..
"Yes, I understand.”
They had already been seduced by the power of the devil, so they followed orders without the slightest doubt..
It was then.
"—Doctor! someone is coming this way.”
"what? There are no survivors in this building.?”
"that is… … I think it's probably an external intrusion... … The face hasn't been confirmed yet..”
He checked the CCTV footage..
There was indeed a man striding down the darkened hallway..
But what happened? I was able to find my way very well..
"uh? What is that crazy bastard? What is it that I'm walking leisurely here now??”
"Probably Lee Hyun-wook, that person came in..”
"No, why are you coming in here alone? If this happens... … My escape plan is also disrupted.!"
He ruffled his hair. Another variable occurred in the perfect plan..
"after......."
"Hwajun Lee, there is one thing your team can do for you..”
"yes please say.”
"You say there is another survivor and lead the man to the biowaste incinerator..”
In other words, they told us to go into the incinerator together and burn to death..
However, the man named nodded with a stern face..
They were already ready to give up their lives..
"Doctor, he just entered our lab line hallway..”
As a result, a shadow appeared on Taejun Choi’s face. And his eyes drooped as if in despair..
"after… … We're holding out here at the safety gate. Everything, don't show it, do it well.”
Other researchers also made tired faces at his words..
Then, when he gestured, the tightly closed ‘safety door’ opened..
And then a female researcher sauntered out..
"Wow! Oh, there! Who are you?!”
She played the role of perplexed researcher well enough..
“……Are you a survivor??”
The man in the dark, Lee Hyun-wook, asked that question..
‘Okay, that's the natural reaction. Now, all you have to do is reassure the scared girl and let your guard down..’
Taejun Choi thought so..
No matter what that person was thinking when he came here, he couldn't help but let down his guard in front of the female survivor..
"Yes, that's right! Are you a rescue worker??”
"Yes, that's right. Well, how did you avoid this??”
"yes… … W, there’s a thick safety door here. Ooh, I got lucky."
The woman even sobbed while saying that..
Choi Tae-jun was pleased with his considerable acting skills even though he did not ask for it..
"So, how many people are inside??”
"Black… … Ah, now… … There are 13 people..”
"This situation has been controlled to some extent. You can rest assured now."
"thank you. I was really scared. Sobbing—”
Jeopuk- Jeobuk—
He came a little closer. It meant letting down one's guard..
"Me, but maybe……."
“Black - yes?”
"I have one more question..”
"Yes, please speak.”
"Is there senior researcher Taejun Choi there??”
"Oh, that's right—yeah?”
"......."
"Uh, bar, just… … Who are you talking about??”
For a moment, there was a heavy silence..
And what broke the silence was a single sound..
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