Episode 214 [ Ruler of Steel – 1 ]
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– From now on, I will take charge.
At that moment, everyone looked up at the sky.
“That thing…” It
was 3 PM, the sun was still shining strongly… Countless things were floating in the sky, blocking the sunlight, and they cast countless shadows on the ground… Ungh— Ungh
. —
They were sharp blades, not swords, spears, arrows, or anything else, so they were weapons made of metal.
And that strange phenomenon meant only one thing.
“…Steelane. “He came.”
He came and his power began to overshadow this place.
“Hahaha—now we live!”
“The hero has come to catch the devil!”
At this, the nearby players all cheered, and Inferno Han Ju-hwa, who was preparing for the final fight, also stared blankly at the scene.
“…….”
Lee Hyun-wook He gave her the strength to wash away the nightmare.
However, even the power he had just given reached its limit, and just as the nightmare was about to reappear… this time, he appeared in person.
‘…I think that person can protect everyone.’
He said a few words as he appeared. However, there was a deep calmness and coldness in that voice…
‘It was as if he was seeing through the entire situation.’
For some reason, Han Ju-hwa felt her trembling heart calm down when she heard that voice. It was the first feeling of stability she had felt in a long time.
“Huh…”
She exhaled hot breath, cooled her head, and looked at the enemies, not Lee Hyun-wook.
“Yes, what I need to do is… not a fierce fight, but a wise fight.”
She suppressed her helplessness and prepared for a battle for victory.
Also, Ahn Min-tae’s team, which had taken refuge under the stairs of the subway entrance, also launched a mana drone to check the situation outside and rushed outside.
“Ah, Team Leader Ahn! “He’s here again!”
At this, Ahn Min-tae chuckled as if it were absurd.
“Well, the timing of their appearance is perfect…”
Countless metal weapons were hung in the sky.
They heaved ever so slightly and rotated slowly, like the horses of a cavalry team about to charge.
As soon as the rider’s hand gesture fell, it would rush forward and crush and pierce everything it touched.
“Oh, something is strange…”
But Ahn Min-tae, who was slowly looking at them, could not help but feel a strange sense of strangeness.
This was because the foreshadowing of the steel rain seemed to have changed significantly from before.
He soon caught on to what the strangeness was. “…What! Why is that so big?
”
“Yes? What do you mean?”
“Look at those swords, they’re huge!”
In other words, he realized that the things dotting the sky and preparing to attack were not cavalry units… but tank units.
“Ah, I understand. Ha, they are all Moglet.”
Each one of them was a hundred large swords.
“…Oh my god, does that make sense? uh? “It’s real!”
“The worst steel rain of all time will fall.”
Also known as Steel Rain in Korean, Steel Rain… That nickname came from Lee Hyun-wook’s use of his powerful skill.
The technique of launching hundreds or thousands of steel weapons into the sky and pouring them down like rain to punish a vast area… And in between. The only 4 Moghlays mixed in could be said to have overwhelming power.
Each one was known to the world as being worthy of being called a ‘mass weapon’, and there were only 4 in total.
That’s a whopping 4 pieces . While it was scary for the enemies, it was also fortunate that it wasn’t anything more than that.
But what on earth was that scene about?
“Wow, if that thing rained down, it would be a big problem…”
In other words, it was a situation where even allies would just be amazed. No, Ahn Min-tae immediately turned to his teammates and shouted.
“All troops prepare for shock!”
“yes?”
“Put up a magic shield right now and prepare for the aftermath!”
Soon the world would turn upside down.
Then the rider’s hand—Lee Hyun-wook’s hand—leaned forward.
“—It has begun!”
Then, the tips of the swords of the moglais, which were standing vertically, slowly tilted and aimed at the brimstone-fired rag golem. Immediately
afterwards, the giant swords began to shoot in a whirlwind.
Whoop— whoop— whoop— whoop—
A tempest rose along their tracks, blowing across the ground. The rising heat and black smoke were pushed away.
Just like the carpet bombing of a bomber squadron, long and thick chunks of metal were pulled down by gravity and poured down.
However, the difference from carpet bombing is that they do not hit indiscriminately and devastate a large area. It was possible to pin them all down with precision at one point.
Bang——bang——bang——bang——! Hit
—the sulfur-fire rag golem. Even as it crashed into the squishy flesh, a loud explosion resounded, and blood and pus splattered. This thump— thud— exploded. Every time it happened, the heavy thing couldn’t hold on and took a hesitating step back.
To prevent it from falling, it spread its six arms to the left and right and grabbed the buildings, causing the outer walls to
crumble .
After all, even if it is 10%, Mowlay is still Mowlay.’
Lee Hyun-wook was quite satisfied.
He used the ‘Duplicate’ function in the newly acquired skill [Lord of Skill] just before arriving here to repeatedly duplicate a 50-ton hero grade Mowglai. As a result, a 5-ton ‘Morglay (mass-produced version
) )’ was obtained in 154 units.
Of course, as befits the title of mass-produced type, passive skills that increase abilities such as ‘Ganggol’ were deleted, and active skills were only 10% effective. But
….
Boom— Thump—
“What… he didn’t fall!”
“Wow, you’re still walking after getting hit like that?”
Even though a large part of its body was damaged, the 50-meter-tall giant began to move forward again without any hesitation,
and the haphazardly tilted chunks of flesh moved like liquid… and pushed the moglays deeply embedded in its body out of its body. Isn’t that what he’s paying
for? Ahn Min-tae’s teammates who were watching clicked their tongues.
“Wow, you’re a real zombie!”
“If fire doesn’t work and you don’t die even if you get hit like that…”
At that time, An Min-tae stretched out his hand and silenced them.
“Hey, don’t make a fuss. “That’s not all.”
Soon, Lee Hyun-wook’s left hand, which was aimed at Lee Hyun-wook’s guy, slowly clenched into a fist, and what that means is—
“…Shockwave—” With
that one word as the catalyst, a total of 89 Mogleys stuck in the guy’s body exploded all at once. A shock wave was released.
Bur—bur—bur—bur—bur——!
A total of 89 shock waves occurred simultaneously at one point, causing the man’s body to inflate like a balloon and burst.
Pieces of its flesh flew hundreds of meters away, some even several kilometers away, and fell like hail.
Pu-du-du-du…
Also, a huge hole was dug in the ground, and the buildings on the left and right rose into the air like sand castles swept by a gust of wind.
“Pfft!”
At that moment, Ahn Min-tae’s team ran down the subway entrance stairs again and quickly activated the magic shield.
The pavement blocks on the ground flipped over and came crashing down the stairs, hitting the magic shield.
Thong—thong—thong—thong—
If I had been just one step late, I would have been hit by a rock.
“Wow, did you really blow that thing away with one hit?”
“…Inferno was great, but Steele Rain is also great!”
“If I just kill that pig zombie, isn’t it over now?”
Ahn Min-tae was also happy and shouted that it was over.
However, Lee Hyun-wook was not relieved yet.
‘…It’s not over yet.’
He looked at the pieces of corpses scattered on the floor.
Gurgling…
They were writhing and moving like caterpillars, and before he knew it, they were tangling with each other again, forming a large clump.
That was a sign that they would soon be recombined.
He looked at Hugin and Munin’s Using all his senses, he quickly scanned the piles of rag golem flesh scattered around.
‘We have to find him before it’s too late.’
And…
‘—found it.’
He then moved the index finger of his left hand, and as a result, a foot of Mogley floating near his right took a curved line and flew towards the place where his eyes were focused. Then, it crashed into a large pile of
flesh
. . At that moment, weren’t the pieces of flesh scattered everywhere trembling as if they were complaining of pain? This was a good sign. “
Okay, that’s the correct answer.”
And when I looked closely, the appearance of that lump of flesh was quite different, and it was covered in some sort of black smoke.
‘That’s its core.’
It was protected by a very powerful black magic spell to prevent it from being destroyed by most attacks. However, the Moglei was given the ‘Holy Sword’ effect…. Fasssssss—— In one single blow, it turned into ashes and disappeared, a pile of writhing
flesh
. They stopped moving and began to turn to ash.
Lee Hyun-wook stretched out his hand and gathered up the Mogleis.
‘This is the way to attack the rag golem.’
Usually, the moment a normal undead monster is touched by divine power, the power of death contained in that part disappears and even loses its unique regenerative power. Therefore, it is known that
the most perfect way to deal with the undead is ‘holy power.’
However, the highest level of necromantic magic The rag golem that is born is just an outer layer of thick flesh and protects it by condensing the power of death into its core. Therefore, it could not be easily destroyed with divine power, and many paladins were sacrificed by that golem. ‘In other words, after shattering it into pieces like this, it is necessary to find the core
. ‘You have to take a good hit before combining again.’
If I didn’t know this method, I would have had a hard time dealing with the rag golem and would have had to go through trial and error…
‘I studied necromancers for a long time in my past life.’
So, I knew his skills in detail.
Of course, in the end, I lost due to my lack of absolute power, but…
‘…not anymore.’
After several victories, I was convinced:
‘I am superior to him in every way.’
Lee Hyun-wook scanned the surroundings with the eyes of Hugin and Munin.
Soon, he drew a ‘Zombie Hippogrippo’ sitting on the roof of a building and found a human being hiding on top of it… That being was none other than a necromancer.
His face could not be seen because of his unique skull mask, but he must have had a puzzled expression on his face.
‘You are just a puppet…’
The necromancer Lee Hyeon-wook knew from his previous life, the cold-blooded leader of the Legion of Death, was all fake. In the end, he was just Gordon Price’s lackey.
And when I found out that fact, the reverence I felt for him disappeared and I started to feel like a clumsy prey.
‘Today I will hunt you.’
Lee Hyun-wook prepared to chase after the guy.
***
“…the poem failed.”
The Necromancer, the being who had driven a world to destruction, was trembling with fear. He had never been pushed back so overwhelmingly before. Then, the Demon King gave another command. “…There is nothing we can do. Now
.
” Opening the ‘door to the underworld.'”
The necromancer was somewhat surprised by those words.
“Uh, that… I don’t need to hide it anymore, do I? “You suddenly used it to tie him up and then tried to kill him in one hit with Mystiltein.”
“It’s true that we can’t afford to hide it any longer.”
“Ah…”
The ‘Final Potential Breakthrough’ skill that is obtained when a player reaches the peak. Of course, the Necromancer also had something like that.
“…That’s only happened once so far. “I used it, but the time has come to use it again.”
“Yes, and the moment I used it was when I killed the Steel Great, the final obstacle… The current Steel Great… No, Steele is several times stronger than then, but it will still work well.” The necromancer said
. He nodded,
“Yes, that guy can’t block that skill.”
“Of course, there is a saint nearby, but unless she obtains the final potential skill, she will not be able to close the gate to the Underworld. Although the saint stopped the Hundred Ghosts when they just arrived in this dimension… the gate to the Underworld is on a different level from that. “It’s different.”
“Even if ten of your saints come, they won’t be able to catch all my ghosts.”
Soon, the necromancer took a breath and slowly raised his black scythe—Squitte. His eyes began to burn green… and he was beginning to prepare for some powerful skill.
“But keep in mind, the divine tree will arrive with Laputa soon.”
The Demon King’s eyes were watching Laputa slowly approaching from afar.
The sky was still sealed with a red chain due to ‘Sky Castration’, so a huge flying vehicle like Laputa had to cut it with an electric attack and move forward.
Therefore, it seemed that it would still take a considerable amount of time until the war arrived.
“The goal is to take as many lives as possible before then. “You shouldn’t go out of your way to kill him.”
“…I understand.”
At that moment, the shape of a green key appeared on the squite held by the necromancer.
He laid it down, stabbed it in the air, and slowly turned it to the right.
Then, a loud clanging sound rang out…
and boom!
At that point a huge green rectangular portal opened.
– caution! The ‘Gate to the Underworld’ will open in the area.
And…
go—oh—oh—oh—oh——
wailing began to flow from within.
Kya—ah—ah—ah—ah——
Ah—ah—ah—ah—ah——
The cries of countless people, including women, men, children, and the elderly, engulfed Seoul in a jumbled mixture.
And the next moment, a huge number of purple ghosts began pouring out from inside the door like a waterfall.
At first glance from a distance, it looked like a purple fog was starting to cover the sky. However, if you look closely, you can see that they are a tangled mess of human figures swimming in the air.
Ahh—ah—ah—ah—ah——
Ah—ah—ah—ah—ah——
A scene as if a side of hell had flooded the earth… They were following the necromancer’s control and engulfing the city center like a wave. it started.
“You can’t stop this!”
He shouted as he glared at Steele Rain in the distance.
They were all ‘Ghost type’ monsters that could not be damaged by physical attacks and could only be removed with ‘Light’ type magic among the divine powers. In other words, Steele
. It was a perfect match for Raine, as all of his weapons were based on physical strength,
and sure enough, Steelaine’s response was to simply extend his left hand and start shooting the Mowglai,
which was all he could do . The best attack was:
“Haha—that’s not enough!”
Soon, the Moglei and the ghosts collided, but—
Hung——
As expected, the giant swords passed through the air in vain.
“Tie Steelaine’s feet with those, and in the meantime, turn in the undead army to destroy the shelter and take as much life as possible from this place. Don’t forget that that’s why you came here.”
Clutter – Clump –
He moved the Ghost Legion forward as instructed by the Demon King, while at the same time turning the Undead Legion to attack the shelters in the other direction. It looked
like he would soon be able to tear down several shelters. “Okay, more attacks.”
Steelein then hastily changed his plan and began sending the Mowgli towards the Necromancer, who was hiding at a considerable distance.
Like
all enemies who have faced the Necromancer so far, he has no talent to deal with his legions. When there was none, they decided to hit the main body.
In other words, it was a very familiar reaction for necromancers.
“If you attack so clearly, I won’t stay still!”
However, hundreds of undead surrounding the necromancer oxidized and were absorbed by the necromancer, soon his body turned into black smoke. Go-o-o-
o–
This is a movement technique called twilight, which necromancer uses. His body temporarily becomes intangible,
meaning he cannot be hit by physical attacks.
“Ha— he must be embarrassed, he’s doing something obvious.”
“Still, don’t let your guard down. Don’t forget that you tried to retreat in the dusk state before and got caught by
that guy.” Yes, even when he first arrived here and faced Steelaine, the necromancer tried to escape using the ‘dusk flower.’
However, Mjolnir’s ‘Rain of the Thunder God’, which was given the Holy Sword effect, exploded, turning into a net and caught in the air. “Hmm…
But right now, the sky is blocked, so I won’t be able to use that lightning skill. . And since no one uses that electricity, they won’t be able to create a net to chase me. Also, I don’t feel any strong divine power nearby.”
He was right.
There was definitely nothing to stop Twilight now.
Hung——
He moved between buildings in a twilight state, moving ghosts and undead.
The whole of Seoul began to be ravaged by the power of death.
***
Lee Hyun-wook recalled an old thought.
It was a desperate moment when the death army of past life necromancers had conquered Busan and were moving north to Seoul.
He and his comrades prepared for the final battle in Seoul.
Even when Busan collapsed a few days ago, they withheld support and prepared for the final battle, and all the items they had collected and all the surviving players used them to fortify Seoul.
And finally, he faced the army of death south of the Han River… and he mobilized all his strength to bring down the final steel rain. Since there were all kinds of high-grade items mixed in, I believed that it could cause a great deal of damage.
But…
‘At that time, the door to the underworld opened.’
Ghost-type monsters covered the whole world…
Lee Hyun-wook’s attack drew a blank line in the air.
And since the ghosts covered our troops…
‘…we suffered a crushing defeat.’
That was the battle that took place right before Lee Hyun-wook’s death.
That scene was now being recreated.
Purple ghosts covered the whole world…
They sensed the vitality of living beings and were flying in like a swarm of bees.
“What is that! Shoot! “Shoot anything!”
However, the players’ attacks were almost impossible to hit them.
“—Run away too!”
“Damn I need divine power!”
The surest way to catch them was ‘Holy Light’… but as always, in the face of the necromancer’s enormous power of death, divine power was bound to be insufficient.
“Ugh! I’m going out of my mind…”
And just because the ghost came near, the players began to fall into abnormal states and lose power.
At this rate, Laputa was likely to be defeated before it arrived, and if that was the case, the shelter would collapse helplessly, leaving numerous victims.
And the Demon King, who had gained enough vitality, was able to open the portal again and escape.
But…
‘Yeah I was waiting for you to write that.’
Lee Hyun-wook secretly smiled.
He fully expected that the Necromancer would use the Gate of the Underworld and then use the Twilight Flower to avoid his attack.
Because they probably know that there is no way to stop Twilight at this moment.
No, to be precise, Lee Hyun-wook intentionally hid it.
Hung— Hung— Hung— Hung—
He fired all his metal weapons and chased the necromancer, who was in a twilight state. Of course, his weapons couldn’t damage the intangible guy.
If I made contact with just one holy sword, I was able to hit the twilight flower, but it only distorted for a moment and the twilight flower quickly turned around and ran away.
Nevertheless, Lee Hyun-wook persistently dispersed his metal weapons and began to drive the guy away.
‘Okay, just a little more—just a little more—’
And in that metal weapon, there were metal items that were not weapons…
That’s right….
[Item information]
– Name: Room of Solitude (Special)
– Effect: Known None
‘It’s a pocket space.’
Lee Hyun-wook mixed it with the Moglay and brought it closer to the Necromancer’s Twilight Flower.
Ugh—
and the moment it finally got close enough to the thing—Lee Hyunwook gave it mana.
Then—
uh—uh—uh——
white light burst out from within.
At the same time, dozens of white chains spewed out…
Cluck—-
They flew like snakes and entangled the necromancer in his twilight state.
And it wasn’t a physical chain, it was made by molding divine light—
“Bwa—!”
The twilight flower tangled in it swayed uneasily, and soon a necromancer entangled in white chains was pulled out from within it.
And a voice was heard within the white light.
“Shit—I’m not even a Pokemon, what is this!”
A woman clad in brilliant white light appeared with such harsh complaints… She was Saint Emilia Müller.
After that, the Wight Tree Guard, including Peter Clark, came out together and landed on the roof of a nearby building – scattering Holy Light in all directions and pushing away the Ghosts.
“Be vigilant around the countryside and ensure the safety of the saint!”
Emilia Müller then threw the chained Necromancer to the floor of the rooftop.
Boom——
Then he walked forward with long strides and stomped on the back of the guy’s neck.
“You—you bastard…I finally caught you.”
Sigh——!
Her foot struck the necromancer’s face, shattering his skull mask.
