Steel-Eating Player Chapter 138

Episode 138 [ Necromancer, Infinite Conflict – 3 ]

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Why are the villains so saintly? The reason why he made an effort to assassinate was clearly revealed.

‘As expected, when dealing with death types, the saint is a hard counter.’

Emilia Müller, a player who has grown beyond her level and reached the peak of the divine class…

Come to think of it, Hyunwook Lee has never really seen her true skills.

She had been active in Seoul a few hours earlier, but in a supporting role.

But at this moment, she was proving why she was called a saint.

Woowoowoo——

Standing high in the sky, looking down at the earth, he pushed away the darkness that had fallen there.

The Necromancer, the ultimate weapon that the villain worked so hard to prepare, is not using its power properly.

No matter how powerful the fire may be, it loses its power in the face of a flooding river…

‘And the divine blessings she bestows on my weapon are also enormous.’

Although he had already obtained grade 3 divine power with a fraudulent item called ‘Argetlam’, as the saint’s blessing was added, each weapon contained deep divine power as if held by a B-grade paladin.

‘At the same time, the undead army was noticeably weakened.’

Cheeeee——

The undead army was writhing in pain under the sacred light shining from the sky. The army still numbers in the thousands and continues to grow, but its momentum has weakened significantly.

‘Now I never get pushed back.’

Lee Hyun-wook exhaled slowly and lowered his raised left hand to the floor.

Qua—and—and—and—and——!

The undead caught in his sight were crushed helplessly like earthenware dolls.

Additionally, as the ‘Breath of the Abyss’ was removed and vision was fully restored, the location of the ‘Priests of Death’ hiding in the rear was clearly revealed. The Necromancer’s power of death was spreading through them to the entire undead army, constantly reviving the retired undead.

‘It acts as a kind of repeater.’

In other words, the target that needed to be eliminated first became clear.

Lee Hyun-wook flew the Moglei toward that point.

yes–!

Of course, the priests of death were not ones to be defeated so easily.

This time, a black dome bloomed and repelled the falling Mowglai.

Zeng——!

However, when I defended my head like that, the amount of resurrection of the undead army was noticeably reduced. Since the power of death that can be used at any one time is limited, gaps inevitably open up elsewhere.

However, when I defended my head like that, the amount of resurrection of the undead army was noticeably reduced.

“Now! They are clearly weakened now!”

“Heh— these bastards are finally dying a little better!”

Accordingly, the players gathered near Sindansu began to push away the legions of death.

And…

blah—uh—uh—uh——!

Several teleports crashed down from within the huge portal of the Wight Hall.

What appeared within it was the ‘Wight Tree Guard’, the world’s greatest Holy Knights.

A total of 124 people… probably the entire force of the Wight Tree Guard gathered together.

“We all unleash our sacred power to the maximum… and charge!”

At the command of leader Peter Clark, the knights, clad in white aura, advanced.

Clang-clang-clack-clack-clack-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk-clunk

-clunk– The undead lost their power of death at the mere touch of the weapons they were wielding, and the undead fell to the ground.

“I am activating the 2nd team’s Heavenly Sword!”

In response, the ten paladins raised their swords, and the beams of light blooming from the tips of the swords tangled together.

A 10m white translucent ‘Heavenly Sword’ was created in the air and

connected

to the sword of one of the ten people who gathered their strength with a thin line of light.

“Huh—!”

When he swung his sword, the Heavenly Sword moved along its path.

Every time it was swung, dozens of undead were oxidized.

And……

“Look! Even the reinforcements have arrived!”

Next, the ROK AMT reinforcements from the northern part of Ganghwa Island arrived just in time. Among them was the airship ‘Oryonggeo’ of the ‘AMT Holy Knights’, a sacred unit as famous as the Wight Tree Guard. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Ohryong

. From there, a bomb enchanted with divine power was shot and exploded in the center of the undead army.

“Okay, this is a great counterattack that goes beyond knight recovery! let’s go!”

The players realized that victory was more than just a breath of fresh air.

Meanwhile, Hantaesan, which had been struggling in a small area, was also running wild as if it had gained some breathing space.

“It’s really been a series of frustrating events all day today…”

Sigh! Sigh! Sigh! Sigh!

As he beat up Okita Kaito, he also wiped out the hordes of undead that had gathered around him. In the first place, if the space could be used widely, zombies of a higher level were no match for Han Taesan.

Sigh——!

He broke off the Okita Kaito-zombie’s limbs and tore off its head.

He then smashed a nearby troll skeleton, swinging its shinbone like a hammer.

Meanwhile, Lee Hyun-wook was looking for someone in the complicated battlefield.

‘You can’t miss that guy.’

His target was William Bernard from the future.

After he died, he became a Death Knight.

I couldn’t miss the item from the future hanging on that body.

‘There you are?’

Churrrrrr——

Lee Hyun-wook attempted to capture the guy by sculpting a chain.

However, he swung the bone ax and cut all the chains.

Kang! Kang!

At that time, a wire bounced from the molten metal that was slowly flowing from the floor and tied my ankle.

The moment he blocked his movement, chains flew in from all directions and even restrained his arms.

Then Sudarsana flew in and started grinding the nape of the guy’s neck like a spinning saw blade.

Kagagaga——!

Finally, with a thud, the Death Knight’s head was cut off and rolled down the hill.

‘The level is high, but it is not a boss monster, so it is not a difficult opponent.’

As long as it wasn’t red boned, it was still worth catching even if it was a Death Knight.

Lee Hyun-wook lifted the entire body of the guy with the head blown off and brought it in front of him.

‘I’ll have to take good care of it for now.’

This huge bone felt like a comprehensive gift set to Lee Hyun-wook.

He wrapped it in metal and placed it inside the Pridwen.

Meanwhile, the players’ counterattack was putting the undead army on the defensive.

“Keep pushing like this—they’re falling apart!”

I thought the battle would be over within a few minutes if things continued like this, but…

“Oh… look over there! “I think they’re running away?”

Gurgling – Gurgling –

Black hands rose from the black mud on the floor and fluttered like seaweed in the sea.

Aren’t they dragging some undead into the ground right after?

Realizing that they cannot win, they are trying to save the high-ranking undead who have become red bones.

“—Stop it!”

The quick-witted players launched an offensive towards that place.

However, the speed of being sucked into the mud was much faster than expected.

“Damn it’s late!”

At the end of that scene, the black slush that had covered the area—the place of death—vanished as if evaporating.

Then, hundreds of undead who had lost their owners collapsed all at once, like dolls with their strings loose.

“…Huh?”

When the opponent disappeared like that, the players who were advancing furiously had no choice but to stop.

For an instant, there was a strange silence, as if the music had suddenly been turned off and the lights turned on at a party.

Huuuu…

The wind that came down from the nearby mountain passed through the skeleton’s skull and made a strange sound.

“…You won, right?”

At that moment, cheers erupted from all directions.

Waaaa——!

For veteran players, it was a feeling that had been felt for quite some time… relief.

And I realized that relief was more intense joy than anything else.

“Wow, isn’t this what a truly dramatic appearance is like?”

We were on the verge of annihilation, but thanks to the miraculous arrival of reinforcements, we achieved a dramatic victory.

This brought us much deeper joy than when we received a relatively large reward.

“Oh, my God, that’s also thanks to the support of a saint…”

“But “I think the rumor that the saint and Steele are close are true?”

Praise for Stillane and the saint continued to come from all over.

“Today, I watched Steele Reign again in many ways. I really am a bad guy in every way…”

“Honestly, I used to hate hogging the items every time, but now I admit it.”

“Well, wouldn’t it be best to have someone who can use items well for them to function properly?”

In particular, a strange admiration arose among the support players who were jealous of Lee Hyun-wook.

It was a self-evident fact that without him, they would not have been able to hold out until the saint came and would have been annihilated.

However, Lee Hyun-wook was not relieved and raised the Mana Messenger to communicate with someone.

“Team leader Kyojun Lee, can you hear me? “The masks must be running away by now.”

– Yes we will be able to capture it towards the coast soon.

When a wight hall opened in the sky and the battle became unfavorable, the villains began to flee. It seemed like they escaped inland by opening a short-distance portal, but fortunately, they were caught by a surveillance network that had been set up in advance.

“And there’s probably a Red Berserker in there. You have to be careful.”

– The Black Tiger Unit’s Special 11 Team has responded, so you won’t miss it. The

Black Tiger Unit’s Special 11 Team was a unit specializing in anti-player operations.

They were able to capture the defeated Red Berserker.

‘But that guy can’t escape. When I realize this, I will boldly attempt suicide.’

Lee Hyun-wook knew the guy’s personality well. Surprisingly, he was a poisonous guy who was devoted to the villain organization to his core. ‘Still, if I could save

a few people, it would be helpful when the day comes when the existence of the villain is revealed to the world…’

He was being detained after disarming the latent magic of Xiaojun, the Chinese player who came to assassinate Lee Hyun-wook.

If he stacked up those guys one by one, he could one day use them as a ‘smoke gun’.

However, it was still necessary to announce the existence of the villain to the world . Lee Hyun-wook’s judgment was that it was premature.

‘If we do that, we may face political backlash.’

There was still no way to prove that Gordon Price was a villain.

He was still the world’s richest man, a political figurehead, and a key figure in the Guardian. I

had to endure it until his true face could be revealed to the world.

‘But now he’s on my side .’ ‘You must share secrets with those who serve you and be prepared.’

It was right then.

Bleep——!

A clear bird cry filled the sky, and a huge shadow appeared in the sky.

“What is that…?”

Everyone raised their heads in unison.

The first thing that caught my eye was the ‘Ship of Thaeseus’, a 22m airship hundreds of meters in the air.

However, a pair of wings so large that they almost completely covered it unfolded even higher in the sky.

Fuuuuuu——!

Huge feather wings that were probably about 40 to 50 meters long were coming down toward the ground.

“Gasp! What is that!”

“It’s a bird… but is it that big?”

A bird whose size is almost comparable to that of a dragon…

And with its appearance, the wight hall closed.

“Isn’t that ‘Hresvelg’?”

“huh? A bird that lives at the top of the World Tree?”

It was quite a famous story that such a huge bird lived at the top of the world tree. However, because the branches of the World Tree were so vast, even such a gigantic being could not be identified.

“Wait a minute, so… the manager of the World Tree has appeared?”

Donald Harris, the manager of the World Tree and an S-class elementalist…

He was considered by the public to be the world’s most powerful person at the moment.

‘And he is one of the reasons why the villains have to take care of themselves.’

The two giants of the Republic of Chad, the ‘World Tree Manager’ and the ‘Saint’, were hard counters to the villain.

After assassinating the Saint, the villain could not run amok as long as the World Tree manager was alive. The

Dark Elves later completed their conquest of Europe . ‘s army invades the Republic of Chad.

‘And then Donald Harris dies.’

At that time, the World Tree fell into the hands of the villain, turning the sacred tree into the devil’s tree.

Perhaps, if it had been defeated by the necromancer today, the Shindan Tree would have become the devil’s tree.

Hung—— Hung——

Hrssvelgr on earth. When I hit the flap to land, a strong wind swept across the ground.

Boom——!

“Wow—that’s really big!”

The golden eyes of the giant hawk that landed on the ground scanned the players.

Then, as its large beak slightly opened, low moans came from all over.

It seemed as if a hawk of that size would peck at a person like an insect.

And then . Someone stood up behind the guy’s back near the nape of his neck. It was a bald old man wearing a white shirt and jeans. He used Hresvelg’s left wing as a step and walked down. Step-step-step- At this, the players left and right without a

word

. They parted and made their way.

“……Hello Mr. Harris.”

Kang Seo-yoon, who seemed to be familiar with him, cautiously approached him and said hello.

“Kang, it’s been a while.”

After just saying a brief hello, he passed her and walked towards the new dansu tree.

“…….”

He glanced at the new dansu tree and then turned his head to look at Lee Hyeon-wook.

“…….”

The tired, silent man said nothing. Stare… Then everyone followed those gazes and looked at Lee Hyun-wook.

Even though Lee Hyun-wook felt uncomfortable, he had no choice but to approach Donald Harris as if he were drawn to a magnet.

He opened his mouth covered with a white beard.

“Steelane, I’ve been seeing you for a while now. “I was watching his movements with interest, but this is quite unexpected.”

He frowned and approached Lee Hyun-wook.

“But the appearance of Shindansu is not a blessing… it’s a disaster.”

Lee Hyun-wook couldn’t help but make a shocked expression at those words.

“What do you mean?”

At that time, one of the leaves of the Shindansu tree swayed and fell.

Donald Harris stretched out his right hand and lightly grabbed it.

“You prevented disaster and held a blessing in your hands, but…”

At that moment, a flame erupted from his fingertips and engulfed the leaf.

As it was a leaf from a Shindansu tree, it did not burn easily, but—

Hwareuk——!

It soon turned into a handful of ashes and dispersed.

“…Do you know that this is actually bringing about an even bigger disaster?”