Steel-Eating Player Chapter 109

Episode 109 [Jeju Island, Phaethon Raid – 1]

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Ki Baekjun is talking on the phone with someone and watching TV news. was watching.

Everything being reported now was about the ‘Steel Armada’.

“Yes, I saw it. I guess that’s Laputa’s power too, right?”

Now, rather than being embarrassed, I felt dumbfounded.

“Ha…”

No matter what plan I made several times until now, that guy Lee Hyun-wook came up with an absurd counterattack as if he knew about it and ruined the work.

It was like that even now.

No, an airship fleet….

“…I had no idea that something like that would appear and ruin things.”

The plan to sink many Korean rankers in the waters off Jeju failed.

But that was just an incidental ploy anyway.

Their real goal was to empty Seoul and

thus steal ‘Laputa’ entirely.

And the person on the other end of the phone explained that although they could not cause the ‘aircraft disaster off the coast of Jeju,’ there were enough ways to tie it down within Jeju Island. As long as they didn’t come back, the operation was a success.

“Yes, this side is also ready.”

Ki Baek-Jun said that and turned his head.

There were human figures lined up in the wide space of the dark underground facility.

Grrrr—

they were not human.

Even their dark, animal-like red eyes and sharp fingernails

gave off a clear feeling that something was wrong.

“The commandos we have prepared are very well-trained beasts. Haha… yes that’s right. Those Black Orcs are something to look forward to as well.”

Even in this operation, a number of ‘Black Orc’ units were mobilized.

Even though the surveillance network of the Korean government’s intelligence agency has recently become thicker, they

somehow managed to break through it and plant agents in this land.

“Then… I’ll bring you the whole Laputa soon.”

Ki Baek-jun decided to pour everything into his final operation.

He planned to leave this damn land completely.

Until the day when this land turns into ashes and he rules over it….

***

Jeju International An emergency message from the airport froze the steel fleet.

The cracked radio contained an urgent scream.

And the warning to never land was repeated several times.

…Why?

As the reason was unknown, the anxiety grew even more. “

…I don’t think this is a good situation. What should I do?”

Yeo Sang-min turned his head and looked at Lee Hyun-wook.

However, there was no time to understand the truth of the contents.

Because the steel fleet had already reached the coast of Jeju.

“Um… the operation will continue for now.”

That was the judgment of Jeju operation commander Kang Seo-yoon.

-…Would it be okay?

Someone from another airship asked that question.

“There is no time to rethink the operation now. In a situation where visibility is not secured, it is difficult to find a landing site other than the panic runway.”

As she intended, the Steel Fleet sank deeper into the hazy smoke that was engulfing Jeju Island. Visibility was only about 10 meters. The Jeju Airport could be vaguely seen in the distance, but it was not possible to take a closer look. So what was happening there

? I still couldn’t figure out why it was there or why it was warning me not to approach.

But the moment I reached a certain point—

“—Uh! stop!”

The entire fleet had no choice but to stop in despair.

“Wow! What is that….”

Their eyes turned to the runway of Jeju International Airport.

“…….”

The movements that filled the space…

It was a huge number of ‘skeletons’.

Slowly! Slowly!

Bones wearing rusty iron armor were lined up on the runway. I can’t calculate the exact number, but it was probably around 5,000 to 6,000, and I could see large figures that looked like ‘troll skeletons’ in between.

And in the center, skeletons wearing black robes stood out.

A total of 15 animals

had a green aura spreading around their bodies.

‘Even the priest of death… it’s quite a tricky combination.’

As long as those exist, 5,000 to 6,000 skeletons can regenerate infinitely.

In other words, they were extremely difficult to attack that had to be destroyed first.

‘This combination… is the devil’s legion?’

Weapons of war of death summoned through a ‘contract’ with the lords of hell…

As they all turned their heads in this direction, like machine parts… A bizarre sight unfolded, with green eye lights decorating the panicked runway.

An ominous feeling arises, almost like looking down at a side of hell.

“…….”

Faced with that, the players couldn’t help but feel instinctive fear. Resistance to death… This was the reason why magic that dealt with death was rejected.

“…Why the hell are all these things gathered on the runway?”

It felt like I had to leave this place right now, let alone land.

At that time, a line of system messages appeared in Lee Hyun-wook’s eyes.

– (!) The quest has arrived.

[Hidden Quest]

– Purify the ‘vengeful spirit’ of the Sun God’s son, Phaethon…. The

vengeful spirit of ‘Phaeton,’ the son of the Sun God, fell to this land and

raised an army of death through a deal with the ‘Devil.’

As a player with [Helios’ Protection], you have the duty and qualification to stop Phaethon, who has been reborn through hatred.

* Reward: Core of the Sun Chariot (Legendary)

‘This quest came about because I obtained another meteorite fragment?’

Lee Hyun-wook took out a small piece of metal from his chest.

[Item Information]

– Name: Helios’ Protection (Hero)

– Effect

1) Fire resistance increase (+100%)

2) [Special] Phaethon strategy buff: Temporarily increases fire resistance every time you hunt Phaethon’s followers (currently 0) Marie: 0%)

‘And if it is the core of the solar carriage, which is the quest reward…’

The ‘core of the solar carriage’ that Lee Hyun-wook remembers was an engine item of the airship ‘Helios’. And it was also the best combat airship.

But now was not the time to look away.

“Oh! It looks like they even have anti-aircraft weapons!”

Twenty wheeled ballistas were turning towards us. That huge crossbow, operated by a pulley, was a siege weapon capable of destroying the castle walls. The arrows attached to it were probably two meters long

.

They started to raise their heads towards the Iron Fleet.

“Shit, that’s no ordinary ballista. “You can’t get hit.”

Kang Seo-yoon frowned and said.

Come to think of it, there were black letters floating around the ‘iron window’, the projectile mounted on the ballista, and spinning. Death magic was enchanted.

A wizard told me that it was a mana reflux spell.

In other words, it was a weapon that could easily penetrate magic shields.

“That thing is metal. Can you control it?”

Lee Hyun-wook shook his head. The ballista’s iron cage was clearly metal, but it was not ‘detected’ by Lee Hyun-wook’s current control over the metal.

“The aura emitted by the priests of death over there is enveloping the entire Legion of Death. “As long as it’s there, I won’t be able to control it.”

“Then if you kill them, you can explode them all, right?”

Lee Hyun-wook nodded,

“Yes, they all happen to be wearing helmets.”

Kang Seo-yoon pulled out the bow that was tied behind her back.

“I will intercept that, so dodge everything…”

But the enemy’s attack was fast.

Boom! Boom! A

bloody sound. The air trembled as the ballista’s son-in-law, which had been pulled by the force of the pulley, was let go. With that, the air trembled. A 2m-sized iron bar flew in fiercely.

The sound of tearing the air quickly approached.

Blow——

! Blow——!

One of the airships in the lead was struck by three iron bars. Although it was covered with a magic shield, it was struck by three iron bars. It was pierced in vain, as if it were piercing a plastic membrane.

– …Ahh! This is where Steel 3 falls!

The airship ‘Steel 3’ began to fall, emitting black smoke. It

seemed that the Anyang duo were inside

. “It’s okay!”

Looking at the crash trajectory, it seemed like he was going to land on the runway.

In other words, he was falling through an army of skeletons.

Even if he survived the impact of the fall, what came next was the problem.

“Get out of my way!”

At that time, Han Taesan’s cry was heard.

He ran toward the lamp door.

thud-!

The ship rocked as he approached, and

his figure disappeared before my eyes.

“…uh? Did you jump?”

Sehee Kim said as if she couldn’t understand.

Looking out the window, I saw Mt. Hantae falling vertically from hundreds of meters in the sky. He fell at high speed with his body in a straight line as if he were diving into water, spun around once before touching the ground, and landed in a straight position.

thud!

Slowly! Slowly!

Before he knew it, armies of skeletons were rushing towards him from all directions.

“Ha, you dirty undead bastards… I’ll destroy you all—!”

He snorted and threw his fist out. As if shooting a blast of wind, a tremendous amount of wind pressure was generated, causing a group of approaching skeletons to fall backwards. Qua—

ah—ah—!

In the meantime, the shadow of the falling ‘Steel 3’ was cast over his head.

Lee Hyun-wook poured all his metal control into Steel 3.

– Current weight of metal that can be controlled: 1741 kg

Since it is not Seoul, the control is cut in half, but it will help. At the same time, Han Tae-san takes a deep breath and raises his hand toward the falling airship. He stretched out and

exploded!

The moment the asphalt he stepped on cracked apart, a 7-meter-tall chunk of steel stopped in the air. He had caught the airship with his bare body. “—Ugh!”

But

no matter how much he was, it was tens of tons of weight. Holding the airship on top of my head was difficult, so I lowered it to the side as if toppling over.

Boom——!

The airship landed on the runway without much impact.

“Wow, really…”

All with abilities that could be considered superhuman. “ But

… it just avoided colliding with the ground.”

He had already fallen to the ground and was isolated among the skeleton army.

Slowly! Slowly!

Soon, they started running towards them as if they had caught their prey.

Looking down from the sky, it looked like a swarm of ants gathering toward a fallen bird.

It was an unsettling scene, as if the airship would soon disintegrate into pieces.

– We request steel 3 rescue here!

However, the power to save them and the entire fleet were in a dangerous situation.

Whoosh—Whoosh—Whoosh—Whoosh—

Before I knew it, six iron bars were flying towards the steel fleet.

Kim Se-hee created wind and tried to push away the flying iron bars.

But I couldn’t.

“It’s crazy, it’s so heavy!”

It was a kinetic energy that could not be handled by a subsonic projectile weighing about 1 ton.

Jump——!

‘Steel 6’ floating on the left was pierced.

– Chic— I was hit by an enemy attack from Steel 6 here! I will leave the battlefield!

Fortunately, the damage did not seem to be serious enough to cause them to crash, but if they left the battlefield one at a time like this, they had no choice but to be annihilated in the end.

“…Isn’t this really good?”

Lee Hyun-wook The iron safety devices that bound the AD-1s mounted in the Friedwen’s cargo bay were removed all at once. Then, after giving them mana to ‘start’ them, they were pushed out of the lamp door one by one. There were 20 in total.

– oh? Are you finally going to rain steel rain?

Hantaesan’s voice flowed through Pridwen’s mana messenger.

His voice was unsuitable for this atmosphere and was full of leisure.

However, no matter how much they were, if they continued the battle while surrounded by so many monsters, they would inevitably reach their limits.

That’s even more so if there are 20 priests of death…

blah blah blah——

The skeletons that had been crushed by Han Taesan’s punch were drawn around by a purple shimmer and began to be reassembled as if in rewind.

And so it came to the starting point again.

– Holy shit! Can’t someone apply some holy power to my fist?

– I’m leaving now!

Someone answered his words and Steel 7 and Steel 9 lowered their altitude.

Both were airships carrying paladins and priests.

At that time, three iron bars flew towards them.

– Damn it!

– I’m coming!

Han Taesan leapt ten meters in one go and knocked down two iron bars in a row.

Empty! Empty!

And I tried to kick the other one away with my foot… but missed.

– What a pair!

The moment the iron bar was about to pierce the steel 7, a golden

shield

appeared and bounced off the iron bar.

A large shield made of divine power

offset the death magic contained in the iron cage.

– after! Nice timing!

‘Well, how many priests are on there…’

There were a whopping 31 priests of at least C grade and Tier 1 or higher. If they worked together, they could push away the power of the priest of death.

Next, huge golden hammers emerged around the airship.

The so-called [Angel’s Hammer] was a skill cast by four priests together.

bang-! bang-! bang-! bang-!

The skeleton that was crushed by the hammer did not regenerate.

Then, a beam of white light—a divine power buff—bent on Han Tae-san’s body.

– Yes, this is it! You just have to break through like this and defeat those priests of death, right?

A white ‘Saint Auror’ was wrapped around his fist.

“—Hantaesan, I’ll cover you!”

Kang Seo-yoon also believed in Han Tae-san’s power and supported his ignorant strategy.

She took out a rope from her waist and hung it on the railing of the lamp door, and then leaned out, almost falling out of the lamp door, and took a bow. Then, behind her back

, A translucent fox tail bloomed.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

White fox fire flowed from where her arrow landed, and a whirlwind bloomed and tore everything around 5 meters to pieces.

‘As expected, Kang Seo-yoon . am.’

Kang Seo-yoon, also known as ‘Foxy’ or ‘Foxy’, ranked 4th in Korea’s player rankings. Her bow was specialized in one-to-many. “Mr. Lee Hyun-wook, please provide me with cover too!

”

“Yes, I was going to do that.”

Lee Hyun-wook controlled 20 AD-1s and lined them up above their heads.

‘But… my attack won’t work.’ Lee Hyeon-

wook

had an intuition.

And sure enough…

As expected, his steel rain was blocked by a black dome.

As many as 20 priests of death cast a group spell. It was a large-scale defense shield.

“Ah, first of all… I understand.”

Kang Seo-yoon scratched her cheek and started shooting arrows again.

‘As expected, if you don’t have a special item like Kang Seo-yoon, you won’t be able to break through that.’

The reason her arrows were able to ignore that dome was thanks to the ‘ignore magic resistance’ option of the item she possessed called ‘fox beads’.

It was the same option as Lee Hyun-wook’s pale note, but it was ‘wide range’.

– Hahaha! what? Are you sure your special move, Steel Rain, doesn’t work?

Han Tae-san laughed and pulled out the head of a troll skeleton and threw it at a ballista, crushing all the surrounding skeletons like a bowling ball and sending them flying, then smashed the ballista.

– Big— Strike!

He then grabbed the troll skeleton’s shinbone with both hands and swung it.

Fur-burr-burr-burr!

– Is this okay, unless Won secretly omits his contribution?

That guy, Han Tae-san, must have been very upset about losing first place last time, so he’s been saying really hurtful things since we first met.

‘Anyway, that bastard is wearing…’

Lee Hyun-wook had suffered from unprecedented cubic feelings in his previous life as well.

He secretly granted metal control to Han Taesan.

– Ugh! Damn, why does my head hurt again?…

‘But I can’t just sit back and relax just because the attack doesn’t work.’

Lee Hyun-wook took out one item he had prepared in advance.

It wasn’t an ‘item’.

[Object Information]

– Name: Tower of Eternal Fire (Legendary)

– Effect: When ‘installing’ the object, the following effects can be obtained within a certain radius (1km). (Waiting time for reinstallation: 10 days)

1) Land of Melting: The melting point of metals within the area of influence is greatly reduced.

2) Magic reforging: ‘Mana’ is given to molten metal within the area of influence.

He asked the Gray Dwarves to convert the ‘Box of Eternal Fire (Legendary)’ obtained from a meteorite that fell in Gangwon-do into an object form.

If modified in this way, it becomes a ‘totem’ that provides buffs to the area.

‘How can I see the effect of something I so desperately wanted in my past life?’

Lee Hyun-wook threw it away somewhere.

It was a huge building hangar next to the runway.

– [Tower of Eternal Fire] will be installed in the area.

Meanwhile, Kim Se-hee could not hold back her admiration as she watched the battle on the runway.

“Wow… This is my first time seeing rankers match up so close together, but it’s really special. Well, boss, can you take a break?”

Just as she said, the tide of battle began to decline.

– Here we go!

Han Tae-san opened the way, and Anyang Duo followed behind. Four magic circles appeared behind Lee Hye-min’s back, and heavy machine guns appeared. –

I’ll provide covering fire! I push forward. !

Ta-da-da-da-da-da–!

Hundreds of skeletons were reduced to bone fragments along their advance path.

As such, no matter how many evil legions there were, they could not stop this steel fleet of the best players on the Korean Peninsula. .

– Great! It’s King of Kwon!

– So, that’s what a real top-level player looks like, right?

– No matter how strong the rising stars these days are, they won’t be able to catch up with him….

Cheers could be heard from all over the radio.

– Today, King of Kwon is Is this a day to teach a rising rookie a lesson?

That rookie must have meant Lee Hyun-wook.

“…That Han Tae-san?”

At that time, Lee Hyun-wook called Han Tae-san.

– Oh why? Do you have anything to say?

But Lee Hyun-wook’s answer was beyond absurd.

“No, don’t go too deep now. It’s dangerous.”

– What? This kid has no eyesight? Does I look dangerous right now?

“No, it will get dangerous soon. “I’m going to use wide-area skills.”

Laughter flowed from everywhere.

Even to them, Lee Hyun-wook was saying something very absurd.

– Hey, I just saw the steel rain blockage, so stay quiet.

It was then.

Ku—gu—gu—gu—gu——

A violent vibration was heard from somewhere.

Rather than the amplitude that occurs when an object is shaken…

it was a very strange sound made when thick metal is crushed.

Ku—gu—gu—gu—gu——

“…Huh fire? Why is there a fire over there all of a sudden?”

Kim Se-hee’s puzzled voice made everyone turn their heads.

Just as she said, smoke was rising from somewhere.

The epicenter was towards the hangar.

Bubble—bubble—

the thick door of the hangar was melting like cheese.

“Mr. Han Tae-san and “Everyone, please step back.”

– Ah, why! Are you afraid that I might get hit by the rain you sprinkle?

“No, this time… you will be swept away by the waves.”

At that moment, the door to the hangar collapsed as if exploding.

Black smoke billowed out from inside, and then

a red wave burst out.

Qua—de—de—de—de—!

It was a red-hot wave made up of tens of tons of molten metal.

– Yes. ? What is that? Where does lava come from?

Yes, it could be compared to lava.

But the difference is that they were flying in the sky.

Then, they stuck together and spun in a spiral, raising their bodies.

Oh-oh-oh- Oh—oh——!

Its shadow spread over the runway

, and the heat it gave off filled the area with a haze.

– Lee Hyun-wook… What are you doing?

Lee Hyun-wook sensed an airliner stored in that hangar. And he had already been ‘melting metal’ on the whole thing for a few minutes.

‘Thanks to the Totem Tower of Eternal Fire, it was much easier.’

Still, that was nonsense.

The weight of the A380, a typical airliner, was about 2.7 million tons.

It would have taken hundreds of skill uses to melt it all.

‘But it’s possible with the total amount of mana I have.’

Lee Hyun-wook, who had a deceptive amount of mana, had just poured it all in.

Also, thanks to the totem, they had been reforged into ‘magic metal’.

The waves of steel created in this way began to rush in.

Qua—ga—ga—ga— Go——!

Following that movement, the asphalt of the runway is heaving.

“…Now, isn’t it difficult to punch them one by one?”

-…….

“Now I’ll handle it all at once. Stay out of the way.”