Episode 171 [ Rome, Giant Slayer – 3 ]
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At that time, all eyes in the world were on the EPU (European Union) in Brussels, Belgium. The focus was on the Players Union headquarters.
This was because representatives from various European countries and masters of key guilds were gathering in the magic fortress with eight layers of mana defense, and in order to respond to [Titanomachia], the 4th emergency meeting of EPU member countries and affiliated guilds was convened.
Meanwhile, the enthusiasm of reporters for reporting was also great.
“Master Heinrich, please say something before you go in! How do you plan to respond to this situation?”
“Are the EPU joint forces being summoned immediately after today’s meeting?”
“Right now, with so many civilians stranded and losing their lives across Europe, what is the rescue plan?”
At that time, all reporters’ eyes turned to one side.
“Here comes Alain Giam!”
Alain Giam was the deputy master of France’s representative guild [Grand Pinette]. He
is currently serving as the Director of External Cooperation of the EPU and was a strong candidate for the next president of the EPU Guild Federation.
In other words, he was certain about his response to this incident . As reporters who know everything and need to get even a single piece of information before others, his appearance was a big event.
“Please say something!”
“How can this situation be handled in the future?”
Reporters poured in on him, but as expected, he remained silent. He buttoned his jacket and walked towards the EPU headquarters.
But at that time,
“Mr. Shu Jiam, you strongly criticized Steele Rain last time. Don’t you need his help in this situation as well?”
When a female reporter shouted that, Alain Giam stopped in his tracks.
Everyone could see that the question must have upset him.
This is because he decided not long ago to criticize those who had special powers, such as Saint Steele, the administrator of the World Tree, but who were active personally, and was immediately criticized by public opinion.
That incident clearly revealed how the world viewed Steele Lane, and at the same time it gave established players one more reason to hate him.
“…….”
Anyway, when he responded, the reporter said one more word as if he had been waiting.
“The prevailing opinion is that the reason Steele doesn’t ask for help in this crisis even though it is known that he attacked an unidentified dragon that appeared in Yggdrasil Cythin a few days ago is because of the existing players’ control.”
“…….”
“Hmm, what do you think about this?”
Finally, Alain Giam slowly turned his head to look at the reporter and opened his mouth.
“…This is my personal opinion, but it is true that we need Steelein’s help.”
This was an unexpected answer.
“And through today’s meeting, we will officially request support from the EPU.”
Well, no matter how bad I felt personally, I couldn’t throw away one of the best players in the world in a catastrophe like this.
But…
“And… the more this happens, the more I plan to demand the support of Laputa, his true power. . “If he is a true hero, I believe he will bring Laputa to Europe.”
Laputa, a rather unconventional story to bring it to Europe…
His remarks can be seen as containing quite impure intentions. Any matter that a person of the caliber of Alain Giam mentions publicly like this is bound to be reproduced by the media and attract the attention of public opinion. It had no choice but to continue.
In other words, it becomes a global topic.
And how sweet would the words ‘support Laputa’ sound to Europeans?
However, if Stillane rejected it… a selfish and heartless image would inevitably be created.
Alain Giam was aiming for exactly that and intentionally mentioned support for Laputa.
In other words, it was a media play with a lot of intention.
“Ah, even Laputa… It would certainly be a great help, but is that possible?”
When the reporter asked, he nodded firmly:
“Why not? “It is a self-evident fact that with the determination of Laputa managers, more people will be able to live.” It was Alain Giam who said that and smiled.
But then another reporter raised his hand.
And the words he uttered shook Alain Giam’s intended media play from the beginning.
“…Uh, Monsieur Jiam, the news just came in. It is said that Steele Lane has already provided support. Did you know this?”
Alain Giam tilted his head at those words.
Because it was the first time he had heard of it.
“…Is there any basis for that?”
“There continue to be eyewitness accounts that Steelerain is currently hunting titans in Rome, Italy. Oh, and… they say they have saved civilians by opening numerous shelters.”
If Stillien’s early support wasn’t enough, if Stillien had rescued civilians that even the EPU couldn’t dare… Alain Giam’s intended media play was to some extent blocked as soon as it was revealed. That’s why
. Perhaps his eyebrows twitched twice.
“…….”
He turned his head without saying anything and entered the EPU headquarters. As he climbed the stairs, he asked his aide,
“Hey, is that nonsense true?”
“…Yes, I checked and it is true.”
Steele Rain had indeed arrived in Europe and was already performing overwhelmingly.
“If this continues, it will be a situation where only he benefits. And in our area…”
Alain Giam suppressed the hostility boiling inside. As this was the conference hall, I had to maintain a poker face.
“Anyway, if it’s the ‘card’ we prepared… we’ll be able to crush that bastard at this big event.”
The assistant officer added to his pledge,
“Yes, of course. The European giants pulled out all their hidden cards and joined forces, so what can one Steelein guy do? Now the world will know who the real power is.”
***
Of course, not all EPU members were wary of Steele Rain.
Among EPU members, the ‘National Association’, made up of governments from each country, supported Steele Rain like an intruder. Rather than being displeased, they gladly welcomed them.
However, many of the ‘Guild Association’, a large group of large guilds, could not hide their displeasure. From the
beginning, they prioritized their own rights and interests over national security.
And among them, there were those with extreme and radical ideas. There were these people.
The group, also known as [futurae], was a group that argued that the world should be reorganized around players, and there were also quite a few people with dangerous ideas such as neo-fascism. “Eh, it’s still an outdated view of the country
.
” “The old people who are trying to protect…”
After the EPU general meeting ended, Alain Giam grumbled as he left the conference room.
“…How long can we cry for the rule of law and liberalism when this world has turned into a game? Damn it, why don’t you know that in the end, whoever has the power should hold the reins of this world?”
At his words, the aide walking next to him sighed and nodded.
“But once [Titanomachia] is over, won’t we open a world where our guilds will have a clear advantage over that old-fashioned government?”
“Yeah, that’s how it should be… Damn it, summon the Puture members right now. “If this continues like this, only that bastard, Steele Lane, will benefit.”
After a while, Alain Giam called together the guild masters from the secret private organization [Pouturet] who shared his cause and prepared a separate meeting.
They too had become very angry after hearing the news of Steele Rain’s appearance.
“I heard that stillrains are running wild. Is this true?”
“So it’s not just titans and dark elves we have to worry about?”
“Well, isn’t everyone predicting that the big Thunderbolt will get involved anyway?”
Representatives from each guild complained one by one:
“Damn it, Steele, I can’t see that bastard taking away the rewards from the big event again!”
Even though there are currently a large number of victims all over Europe, talking about ‘compensation’ is a good expression of the tendency of the organization called [Pouture].
“Now, everyone, please calm down. Don’t you all know that we have weapons that are much more powerful than that guy?”
It was Alain Giam who said that, and everyone nodded.
“None of us had the intention of pulling out this card so hastily, but… since Steele Rain entered the war earlier than expected, it is time for us to heat up the engine of our new weapon. ”
At his words, voices of ‘that’s right’ came from all over the place.
“Huh, well, since we decided to take out the hidden cards, it won’t be that difficult to show that rampaging yellow monkey our upper hand.”
“Pathetic people all over the world think that because we don’t have enough strength, we’ve just been watching the kids run amok. Tsk tsk, everything comes at its own time.”
One of the common conspiracy theories about companies leading the world’s technology is that they have already developed technologies that only appear in science fiction movies, but have not put them on the market.
It was like saving it as a secret weapon and adjusting the pace while watching the pace of development of competitors.
And that was a conspiracy theory that could also be applied to some large guilds.
Even though he had already acquired a huge item, he did not hastily take it out and waited for the right moment… This was not only to avoid exposing his power to competitors, but also to bring it out dramatically during an incident like this.
“Everyone, I can assure you that this [Titanomachia] is an unprecedented opportunity to widen the gap by mobilizing the large number of legendary grade equipment we have saved.”
Alain Giam said so and pressed the remote control.
Then, a video appeared on the large screen behind him.
“Now, please compare the two materials I have prepared and each guild master will decide whether or not to implement our ‘Omega Team Project’.”
Beep,
the video started playing.
“The location on the screen you are looking at right now is Rome… and it was about 2 hours ago.”
Boom! Boom!
A group of titan hoplites was seen on the screen.
A total of 4. It was already known that they moved in groups of 3 or 4.
However, more than a hundred players mobilized just to attack that group. It had to be done.
But,
oh, one billion——!
“You’re crazy…”
A metal giant rushed in and hit the titan hoplites. They fought back by forming a shield wall, but they were blown away in vain.
It was a scene where you couldn’t help but hold your tongue when you saw them knowing that they were giants, each over 15m tall.
“And as you all know, that metal giant that is twice as big as a titan is a member of Steelaine.”
It was truly an overwhelming sight, like a large adult beating up children.
In addition, with the addition of Steelerain’s unique giant sword Mogley, the four titan hoplites were eliminated in an instant.
“Huh.”
“True!” ….”
From the mouths of the great guild masters who had experienced all kinds of hardships, sounds of exhaustion that went beyond sighing could be heard.
That’s how close Lee Hyun-wook was to ‘hunting’. No, it could be called ‘massacre’.
“.. ….What the hell is that bastard, and how is it that he appears to grow more and more every moment?” It
was clear that the limit of what a single player could show was exceeded, so grumblings were heard from all over the place. At this,
Alain Giam This video was paused:
“Come on, there’s no need to be too discouraged. “Masters, you are feeling uneasy because you have not yet felt the extent of our unified power.”
Beep 一
With a smile on his face, he operated the remote control again and moved on to the second video.
“That was the Red Ground district in Vienna, Austria three days ago.”
Soon, the image of a single strategy team called [Omega Team] created by the combined efforts of the giant guild masters of [Putoure] sitting here appeared on the screen. And this time, a total of 4 titan hoplites were targeted
. The process unfolded…
“Wow, it’s much faster, right?”
“Oh, I’m so touched!”
Yes, even at first glance, it was much faster than Steele Rain’s strategy. It could even be said to be overwhelming…
“Haha, it’s my ‘Hercules Armor Set’ of course! “Do you know how difficult it was to collect that?”
“Hmm, what would you have done without the ‘food (B壞)’ I provided?”
“Hahaha—this is truly the best strategy team that was created thanks to the generous contributions of everyone here, so don’t fight!”
When they took out the secret weapons they had hidden until now and combined them, truly enormous firepower was created.
“If this continues, I guess we won’t have to worry about the monkey named Steele running around running around?”
The room was filled with strange excitement, and Alain Giam stepped forward again.
“Now… Steelein has suddenly entered the war and is doing something that will surprise the world. But in the end, his hardships will be nothing more than a show to highlight our power.”
What he meant was that if Team Omega showed better performance than Steele Lane, their reputation would skyrocket. “
But that kind of fame… All we should pursue is power.”
Everyone in [Puture] nodded.
“I daresay that the reward from [Titanomachia] will be… more than Laputa.”
At those words, the sound of swallowing was heard here and there.
“Based on that, we will reorganize the world in our own way.”
In fact, the destruction of humanity that Lee Hyun-wook experienced in his past life… was the result of quite complex problems in addition to the existence of a villain. ***
“
…It’s done.”
Hyunwook Lee was sitting on Talos’s shoulder and reading the system message that appeared before his eyes.
He has hunted a total of 14 titan hoplites so far.
However, in order to achieve the achievement of being a ‘giant slayer’, it is important to kill the last breath. I did this, but Lee Hyun-wook achieved it 10 times, Kim Se-hee twice, and Park Jun-mo achieved it once.
So……
– Congratulations! You achieved a special achievement.
[Achievement List]
8) Giant Slayer
– Condition: 10 or more Titans Hunting.
– Effects: All abilities (+20%) Mana total (+20%) Stun immunity (+30%)
All abilities increased by 20% and metal control exceeded 50 tons.
Wow,
4 pieces at that moment . Doesn’t the Mogley of begin to tremble and begin to emit vibrations that resemble heartbeats all at once?
Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz,
and then it escapes Lee Hyun-wook’s control of the metal and falls in the direction of gravity, crushing the ground and falling deep underground. It got stuck.
Bang, bang, bang, bang.
The reason is…
‘It suddenly became so heavy that I couldn’t lift it all.’
What this phenomenon meant was that Lee Hyun-wook had gone beyond the limits of metal control allowed.
Because…
– The mass of Moglei (Legendary) is released to [Level 4]!
* Steel bone value is (+ 50%) – The mass of Mowglai (Hero) is
released
to [Level 4] !
It works!
* The steel bone value increases to (+20%).
– The mass of Mowglei (replica) is liberated to [Level 4]!
* The steel bone value increases to (+20%).
‘At last, the mass is liberated to 4. The stage has been reached.’
The 4th stage of mass liberation, which he could not achieve even in his last life…
In other words, it was the moment when Lee Hyun-wook’s firepower rose vertically at once.
And…
‘… at this level, most titans can be cut down like regular monsters. ‘I guess I can pass it on?’
Lee Hyun-wook thought that perhaps [Titanomachia] might be easier to attack than expected.
